Opinion ID: 901264
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Heading: standard of review

Text: [¶ 6.] The denial of bail pending appeal is reviewed under an abuse of discretion standard. 'We determine that an abuse of discretion occurred only if no judicial mind, in view of the law and the circumstances of the particular case, could reasonably have reached such a conclusion.' Lakota Community Homes, Inc. v. Randall, 2004 SD 16, ¶9, ___ NW2d ____, ____ (quoting City of Sioux Falls v. Johnson, 2003 SD 115, ¶6, 670 NW2d 360, 362 (citations omitted)). In applying the abuse of discretion standard, `we do not determine whether we would have made a like decision, only whether a judicial mind, considering the law and the facts, could have reached a similar decision.' State v. Aesoph, 2002 SD 71, ¶31, 647 NW2d 743, 754-55 (quoting State v. Fowler, 1996 SD 78, ¶12, 552 NW2d 92, 94-5 (citations omitted)).