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Minn. Stat. § 629.58 (2024)

(“A district court abuses its discretion when its ruling is based on an erroneous view of the law.”).

Minn. Stat. § 629.58 (2024)

If a defendant fails to appear for a court hearing, the existence of a bail bond encourages bonding companies and sureties to “locate, arrest, and return defaulting defendants to the authorities.”

Bail serves several purposes, including minimizing pretrial incarceration, ensuring penalty payment, and encouraging sureties “to locate, arrest, and return defaulting defendants to the authorities.” Shetsky, d at 46; -42 (Minn. 2003).

Bail serves several purposes, including minimizi ng pretrial incarcerati on, ensuring penalty payment, and encouraging sureties “to locate , arrest, and return defaulting defendants to the authorities.”

Bail serves several purposes, including minimizi ng pretrial incarcerati on, ensuring penalty payment, and encouraging sureti es “to locate, arrest, and return defaulting defendants to the authorities.” Shetsky, d at 46; -42 (Minn. 2003).

Bail serves multiple purposes: relieving a defendant and the state from the burdens of pretrial imprisonment, encouraging sureties to pay penalties when defendants fail to appear, and encouraging sureties “to locate, arrest, and return defaulting defendants to the authorities.” -42 (Minn. 2003).

5 A defendant’s willful absence without a justifiable excuse is “attributable to the surety.”

A. The purpose of bail, the civil nature of the proceedings, and the cause, purpose, and length of a defendant’s absence A defendant’s release on bail serves two purposes: “relieving the acc used of imprisonment and relieving the state of the burden of detaining him pending his trial .” d 8 832, 838 -39 (Minn. 1968) (recognizing that the bail system reconciles a defendant’s pretrial liberty with the state’s need to ensure their return for trial).

“The penalty for default is forfeiture of the amount of the bond to the court.”

“The penalty for default is forfeiture of t he amount of the bond to the court.” State v. Storkamp

Midwest Bonding asserts that the purpose of bail was satisfied because the defendant was at large for only 30 days after he had already pleaded guilty.1 A district court “may not treat bail as a way to increase the revenue of the state or to punish the surety.” -42 (Minn. 2003).

A district court “may not treat bail as a way to increase the r evenue of the state or to punish the surety.” -42 (Minn. 2003).

(stating district court’s inherent power to remit forfeited bond may be exercised, not only before payment of forfeited bond, but also thereafter upon showing of no prejudice to state); ( reversing district court’s denial of petition for reinstatement, discharge, and refund of a forfeited bail bond).

If a defendant fails to appear for a court hearing, the existence of a bail bond encourages bonding companies and sureties to “locate, arrest, and return defaulting defendants to the authorities.”

Purpose of Bail Bail serves the dual purpose s of “relieving the accused of imprisonment and relieving the state of the burden of detaining him pending his trial.”

A district court “may not treat bail as a way to increase the revenue of the state or to punish the surety.” -42 (Minn. 2003).

A district court abuses its discretion when its ruling is based on an erroneous view of the law.”

“A 4 district court abuses its discretion when its ruling is based on an erroneous view of the law.”

(quoting In re Application of Shetsky, 239 Minn. 463, 471, ).

(citing Shetsky, 239 Minn. at 471, d at 46).

A district court abuses its discretion when its ruling is based “on an erroneous view of the law.”

“A district court abuses its discretion when its ruling is based on an erroneous view of the law.”

(citing Shetsky, 239 Minn. at 471 , d at 46 ).

(citing Shetsky, 239 Minn. at 471 , d at 46 ).

(quoting Shetsky, 239 Minn. at 471 , d at 46 ).

(citing Shetsky, 239 Minn. at 471 , d at 46 ) (quotation omitted).