A sentence to pay a fine or a fine and costs, if an appeal is taken, may be stayed by a trial court or by the Supreme Court upon such terms as the court deems proper. A court may require a defendant pending appeal to deposit the whole or any part of his fine and costs with the clerk of the trial court, to give bond for the payment thereof, or to submit to an examination of assets, and it may make any appropriate order to restrain the defendant from dissipating his assets.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 23A-33-4

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.

Source: SL 1978, ch 178, § 409.

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