STATE OF TENNESSEE v. NATHANIEL BUCHANAN, IN RE: McADOO BONDING COMPANY, SURETY - Articles

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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. NATHANIEL BUCHANAN, IN RE: McADOO BONDING COMPANY, SURETY

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Aug 27, 2025

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Joel H. Moseley, Jr., Murfreesboro, Tennessee (in trial court and on appeal), and John Mitchell, Murfreesboro, Tennessee (in trial court), for the appellant, McAdoo Bonding Company.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; William C. Lundy, Assistant Attorney General; Jennings H. Jones, District Attorney General; and Matthew Westmoreland, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): USMAN

A defendant was charged with one count of first-degree murder and one count of unlawful possession of a firearm. He was granted bail upon the posting of a $100,000 bond by a bonding company. In the wake of the defendant’s successive failures to appear, the trial court ordered the bond forfeited. The defendant was apprehended several weeks after the bonding company paid the forfeiture, and the bonding company sought a refund. The trial court denied the refund, and the bonding company moved the trial court to set aside its order denying the refund. The trial court also denied the motion to set aside, and this appeal followed. We affirm the trial court.

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