Supreme Court of Minnesota· 6/19/1953

In re Shetsky

Citations

239 Minn. 463
60 N.W.2d 40
1953 Minn. LEXIS 649

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concluding defendant's 18-month, unjustified absence from trial prejudiced the state because it \delayed and thwarted the administration of justice [and] also prejudiced the state by causing it and other public authorities to incur a heavy expense in effecting [defendant's] apprehension\
examining defendant’s excuses for failure to appear, and stating defendant’s willful and unjustifiable default was chargeable to surety
concluding defendant’s 18-month, unjustified absence from trial prejudiced the state because it “delayed and thwarted the administration of justice [and] also prejudiced the state by causing it and other public authorities to incur a heavy expense in effecting [defendant’s] apprehension”
stating defendant’s willful and unjustifiable default was chargeable to surety and affirming trial court’s denial of surety’s petition for discharge although defendant was eventually caught, tried and acquitted
noting that defendant’s flight “thwarted the administration of justice”
“The primary purpose of bail in a criminal case is not to increase the revenue of the state or to punish the suretyf.]”

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Judges: Consideration, Loring, Matson, Took

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