Supreme Court· 1/20/1970

Molinaro v. New Jersey

Citations

396 U.S. 365
90 S. Ct. 498
24 L. Ed. 2d 586
1970 U.S. LEXIS 3150

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holding that a fugitive is disentitled from calling upon the resources of the court for determination of their claims
holding that a fugitive is disentitled from calling upon the resources of the court for determination of his claims
stating that the dismissal of an appeal of a convicted defendant who has escaped from prison need not \await ... the expiration of a fixed period of time\
noting that an appellant’s fugitive status does not strip a case of its character as an adjudicable case or controversy
noting that an appellant’s fugitive status does not strip a case of its character as an adjudicable case or controversy
dismissing appeal because defendant’s refusal to surrender to authorities “disentitles [him] to call upon the resources of the Court for determination of his claims”

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