When the defendant does not request a new trial, what does the court do with the bond money?

• A. Report the court costs to the comptroller's office and deposit the fine portion of the bond in the general revenue fund of the city; jail-time credit may be refunded.
• B. The court returns the entire bond to the defendant.
• C. The court keeps the bond as revenue for the court.
• D. The court deposits the bond into a private trust.

Answer: (A)

When no new trial is requested, the bond serves to satisfy the penalties imposed by the conviction rather than simply being returned. The court forfeits the bond and applies the funds to the monetary obligations from the case: the portion representing a fine goes into the city’s general revenue fund, while the portion covering court costs goes to the comptroller’s office. Any jail-time credit attached to the bond may be refunded to the defendant, since it reflects time already served or allowed toward the sentence. This approach aligns the bond with paying the financial judgments rather than keeping or returning the full amount to the defendant.