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\par TERRITORY OF GUAM
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\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid13783685 {\b\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 BEAU BRUNEMAN,
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\par Argued and Submitted 12 August 1996
\par Agana, Guam
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\par }{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 Appearing for the Defendant-Appellant
\par D. PAUL VERNIER, Esquire
\par Vernier Law Office
\par Suite 804, GCIC Bldg.
\par 414 West Soledad Avenue
\par Agana, Guam}{\f0\insrsid13783685\charrsid13783685  }{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 96910}{\f0\insrsid13783685\charrsid13783685 
\par 
\par }{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 Appearing for the Plaintiff-Appellee
\par THOMAS J. FISHER
\par Assistant Attorney General
\par Office of the Attorney General
\par Prosecution Division
\par Suite 2-200E, Judicial Center Bldg.
\par 120 West O'Brien Drive
\par Agana, Guam}{\f0\insrsid13783685\charrsid13783685  }{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 96910
\par 
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid13783685 {\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 _________________________
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\par }{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 BEFORE:}{\f0\insrsid13783685\charrsid13783685  }{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 PETER C. SIGUENZA, Chief Justice, JANET HEALY WEEKS, and MONESSA G. LUJAN, Associate Justices.
\par 
\par }{\b\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 WEEKS, J.:
\par }{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 
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Defendant-Appellant, Beau Bruneman, charged in two separate criminal caes with offenses including aggravated murder and criminal sexual conduct, appeals from a decision of the Superior Court, the Honorable Alberto C. Lamorena, III, presiding, denying his 
request for recognizance release.}{\f0\insrsid13783685\charrsid13783685  }{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 
Appellant contends that the denial violates his right to due process and his rights under the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution which proscribes excessive bail.}{\f0\insrsid13783685\charrsid13783685  }{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 
We affirm the decision of the Superior Court.
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\par [1]\tab Appellant has been charged in Superior Court Criminal Case No. CF81-96 with Aggravated Murder (two counts) and First Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct (two counts), and in Superior Court Criminal Case No. CF218-96 with Attempted Third
 Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct (two counts), Assault with Intent to Commit Criminal Sexual Conduct (two counts), and Second Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct.}{\f0\insrsid13783685\charrsid13783685  }{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 
The Superior Court set bail at one million dollars ($1,000,000.00).}{\f0\insrsid13783685\charrsid13783685  }{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 Appellant filed motions for release in both criminal cases.}{\f0\insrsid13783685\charrsid13783685  }{
\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 The judge denied both motions after a hearing held on 30 July 1996.
\par 
\par [2]\tab Appellant filed a motion for review of his release conditions pursuant to 8 G.C.A. }{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 {\field{\*\fldinst SYMBOL 39 \\f "WP TypographicSymbols" \\s 12}{\fldrslt\f36\fs24}}}{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 
 40.50 which provides for a Bail Redetermination Hearing before the judge who imposed the conditions within twenty-four (24) hours of the initial hearing.}{\f0\insrsid13783685\charrsid13783685  }{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 
After a second hearing on 31 July 1996 the judge denied the motion.
\par 
\par [3]\tab On appeal, Appellant contends that the Guam release statutes violate the Fifth Amendment Due Process Clause, and the Eighth Amendment Excessive Bail Clause of the United States Constitution made applica
ble to Guam by the Organic Act of Guam, 48 U.S.C. }{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 {\field{\*\fldinst SYMBOL 39 \\f "WP TypographicSymbols" \\s 12}{\fldrslt\f36\fs24}}}{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685  1421 et seq.
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\par [4]\tab Appellant argues that the Guam release statutes, specifically 8 G.C.A. }{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 {\field{\*\fldinst SYMBOL 39 \\f "WP TypographicSymbols" \\s 12}{\fldrslt\f36\fs24}}{\field{\*\fldinst SYMBOL 39 \\f 
"WP TypographicSymbols" \\s 12}{\fldrslt\f36\fs24}}}{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685  40.15 and 40.20, violate his due process rights.}{\f0\insrsid13783685\charrsid13783685  }{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 Appellant cites }{
\i\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 United States v. Salerno}{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 
, 481 U.S. 739 (1987), as standing for the proposition that before a judge may detain a defendant, without bail, pending trial because of his dangerous propensities, the judge must afford the defendant, amo
ng other things, a full adversarial hearing, after which the judge must be convinced of the defendant}{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 {\field{\*\fldinst SYMBOL 61 \\f "WP TypographicSymbols" \\s 12}{\fldrslt\f36\fs24}}}{
\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 s dangerous propensities by clear and convincing evidence.
\par 
\par [5]\tab Unlike the federal act reviewed in }{\i\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 Salerno}{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 , the Guam release statutes do not provide for pre-trial detention without bail.}{\f0\insrsid13783685\charrsid13783685  }{
\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 Appellant is being held on bail and is entitled to release upon posting the bail amount.}{\f0\insrsid13783685\charrsid13783685  }{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 Had the Guam Legislature intended to autho
rize no bail pre-trial detention of defendants for public safety purposes, or for any other purpose, it could have enacted preventive detention provisions similar to those contained in the Federal Bail Reform Act of 1984.}{
\f0\insrsid13783685\charrsid13783685  }{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 Without such provisions, we need not decide whether the preventive detention safeguards of the Federal Bail Reform Act of 1984 are constitutional requirements.}{
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\b\f37\fs18\insrsid7027470 We reject Appellant's contention that because "danger to the community" is included as a factor within }{\b\f37\fs18\insrsid7027470 {\field{\*\fldinst SYMBOL 39 \\f "WP TypographicSymbols" \\s 9}{\fldrslt\f36\fs18}}}{
\b\f37\fs18\insrsid7027470  40.15, the section, despite its stated purpose, in effect, authorizes pre-trial preventive detention.  If a judge ignor
es the stated purpose of  a statute and instead uses the statute to achieve some unauthorized purpose, clearly the judge is applying the statute improperly.  Misuse of legislation in this manner is not to be condoned.  A judge is always expected to apply 
a statute in the manner its provisions prescribe.  The due process violations that Appellant alleges in the instant case are premised upon the possibility that 8 G.C.A. }{\b\f37\fs18\insrsid7027470 {\field{\*\fldinst SYMBOL 39 \\f "WP TypographicSymbols"
 \\s 9}{\fldrslt\f36\fs18}}}{\b\f37\fs18\insrsid7027470  40.15 may be applied in a manner not authorized by the statute.  This possibility does not support an attack upon the constitutionality of the statute itself.}}}{
\f0\insrsid13783685\charrsid13783685  }{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 Furthermore, the Guam release statutes are not based upon the Federal Bail Reform Act of 1984, reviewed in }{\i\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 Salerno,}{
\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685  but upon the Federal Bail Reform Act of}{\f0\insrsid13783685\charrsid13783685  }{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 1966 which has never been declared unconstitutional. Appellant}{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 
{\field{\*\fldinst SYMBOL 61 \\f "WP TypographicSymbols" \\s 12}{\fldrslt\f36\fs24}}}{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 s constitutional arguments based upon }{\i\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 Salerno}{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 
, therefore, do not apply in the present case
\par 
\par [6]\tab Title 8 G.C.A. }{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 {\field{\*\fldinst SYMBOL 39 \\f "WP TypographicSymbols" \\s 12}{\fldrslt\f36\fs24}}}{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 
 40.80(b) requires that bail orders of the lower court be affirmed if "supported by the proceedings below."}{\f0\insrsid13783685\charrsid13783685  }{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 
This language is contained in the Federal Bail Reform Act of 1966, subsequently repealed by the Federal Bail Reform Act of 1984.
\par 
\par [7]\tab Federal circuit courts dealing with appeals under the provision of the 1966 Act upon which }{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 {\field{\*\fldinst SYMBOL 39 \\f "WP TypographicSymbols" \\s 12}{\fldrslt\f36\fs24}}}{
\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685  40.80 is based have repeatedly interpreted the language of the provision as calling for an "abuse of discretion" standard of review.}{\f0\insrsid13783685\charrsid13783685  }{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 
See e.g.,}{\i\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685  United States v. Thibodeaux}{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 , 663 F.2d 520 (5th Cir. 1981); }{\i\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 United States v. Skipper}{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 
, 633 F.2d 1177 (5th Cir. 1981); }{\i\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 United States v. Wright}{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 , 483 F.2d 1068 (4th Cir. 1973); }{\i\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 Kaufman v. United State}{
\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 s, 325 F.2d 305 (9th Cir. 1963).}{\f0\insrsid13783685\charrsid13783685  }{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 The Fifth Circuit has even applied the abuse of discretion standard of review to bail deci
sions under the new Federal Bail Reform Act of 1984 which repealed the "supported by the proceedings below" language.}{\f0\insrsid13783685\charrsid13783685  }{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 See e.g., }{\i\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 
United States v. Morris}{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 , 974 F.2d 587 (5th Cir. 1992); }{\i\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 United States v. Hare}{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 , 873 F.2d 796 (5th Cir. 1989); }{
\i\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 United States v. Jackson}{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 , 845 F.2d 1262 (5th Cir. 1988); }{\i\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 United States v. McConnell,}{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 
 842 F.2d 105 (5th Cir. 1988); }{\i\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 United States v. Fortna,}{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685  769 F.2d 243 (5th Cir. 1985).}{\f0\insrsid13783685\charrsid13783685  }{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 
The decision of the Fifth Circuit to retain the standard of review prescribed by the now repealed Federal Act was specifically addressed in }{\i\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 McConnell}{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685  which held as follows:}{
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\par }\pard \qj \fi432\li432\ri432\widctlpar\faauto\rin432\lin432\itap0\pararsid13783685 {\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 The setting of bail is a matter committed to the sound discretion of the district court.}{\f0\insrsid13783685\charrsid13783685  }{
\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 We review the exercise of that discretion only for abuse.}{\f0\insrsid13783685\charrsid13783685  }{\i\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 United States v. Golding,}{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 
 742 F.2d 840 (5th Cir. 1984).}{\f0\insrsid13783685\charrsid13783685  }{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 That standard of review was applicable prior to the 1984 Bail Reform Act and its amendments.}{\f0\insrsid13783685\charrsid13783685  }{
\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 We conclude that it is still the proper standard of review.
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\par }{\i\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 McConnell}{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 , 842 F.2d at 108-109.}{\f0\insrsid13783685\charrsid13783685  }{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 
We have reviewed these cases, and conclude that this Court will review decisions of the trial court appealed under 8 G.C.A. }{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 {\field{\*\fldinst SYMBOL 39 \\f "WP TypographicSymbols" \\s 12}{\fldrslt\f36\fs24}}}{
\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685  40.80, for abuse of discretion.
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\par [8]\tab Appellant argues that the bail amount of one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) imposed in his case is excessive in violation of the Eighth Amendment.}{\f0\insrsid13783685\charrsid13783685  }{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 We disagree.
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\par [9]\tab The test for excessiveness of bail is not whether a defendant is financially able to satisfy the requirement,}{\f0\insrsid13783685\charrsid13783685  }{\i\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 United States v. McConnell,}{
\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685  842 F.2d 105, 107 (5th Cir. 1988); }{\i\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 United States v. Beaman, }{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 631 F.2d 85, 86 (6th Cir. 1980), but whether }{
\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 bail is set at an amount higher than reasonably calculated to assure the presence of the accused.}{\f0\insrsid13783685\charrsid13783685  }{\i\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 Salerno}{
\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 , 481 U.S. at 752;}{\i\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685  Stack v. Boyle,}{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685  342 U.S. 1, 5 (1951).}{\f0\insrsid13783685\charrsid13783685  }{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 
Having reviewed the record on appeal, we do not find that the Superior Court abused its discretion in imposing one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) bail, and in denying Appellant's motions for release.}{\f0\insrsid13783685\charrsid13783685  }{
\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 In accordance with the requirements of 8 G.C.A. }{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 {\field{\*\fldinst SYMBOL 39 \\f "WP TypographicSymbols" \\s 12}{\fldrslt\f36\fs24}}}{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 
 40.50, the judge in this case issued a written Bail Order detailing his reasons for continuing the bail condition as originally set.}{\f0\insrsid13783685\charrsid13783685  }{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 
The Bail Order describes the information the judge relied upon in deciding upon the bail amount.}{\f0\insrsid13783685\charrsid13783685  }{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 
This information, most of which was presented by counsel for Appellant in response to questions from the judge, supports the conclusion that Appellant is a substantial flight risk.
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\par [10]\tab Based upon statements made by Appellant's counsel, the judge determined that Appellant is an eighteen (18) year old United States citizen with no bank account, and no personal or real property.}{\f0\insrsid13783685\charrsid13783685  }{
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Also based upon statements of Appellant's counsel, the judge ascertained that Appellant, at the time of his arrest, was living away from home because of a dispute with his father, and that Appellant has only been on Guam for approxima
tely three and one half (3 }{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 {\field{\*\fldinst SYMBOL 50 \\f "WP TypographicSymbols" \\s 12}{\fldrslt\f36\fs24}}}{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 ) years.
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\par [11]\tab The judge also focused upon the seriousness of the crimes with which Appellant has been charged, and the "distinct" possibility that Appellant will be convicted of these crimes.}{\f0\insrsid13783685\charrsid13783685  }{
\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 The record reveals that the evidence against Appellant is strong.}{\f0\insrsid13783685\charrsid13783685  }{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 The record also reveals that Appellant}{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 
{\field{\*\fldinst SYMBOL 61 \\f "WP TypographicSymbols" \\s 12}{\fldrslt\f36\fs24}}}{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 s trial is set for 10 September 1996, six weeks from the date of the hearing at which Appellant}{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 
{\field{\*\fldinst SYMBOL 61 \\f "WP TypographicSymbols" \\s 12}{\fldrslt\f36\fs24}}}{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 s motion for release was denied.}{\f0\insrsid13783685\charrsid13783685  }{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 
If convicted, Appellant stands to serve a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment without parole.
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\par [12]\tab These factors alone adequately support the judge's conclusion as stated in the Bail Order that "defendant has tremendous motivation to flee the jurisdiction."}{\f0\insrsid13783685\charrsid13783685  }{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 
We find the judge's order in this case to be supported by the proceedings below.}{\f0\insrsid13783685\charrsid13783685  }{\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 Accordingly, the order of the Superior Court is AFFIRMED.
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\par }\pard \qj \fi432\li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid13783685 {\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 SO ORDERED this 11th day of September, 1996.
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\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid13783685 {\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 JANET HEALY WEEKS
\par Associate Justice
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\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid13783685 {\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 MONESSA G. LUJAN
\par Associate Justice
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\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid13783685 {\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 PETER C. SIGUENZA
\par Chief Justice
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\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid13783685 {\f0\insrsid7027470\charrsid13783685 ____________}{\f0\insrsid13783685\charrsid13783685 
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