People v. Redinger

Citations

• 55 Cal. 290

Syllabus

<p>Appbabahce—Cbimxjstal Law—Escape—Appeal—Cohstitütioiíal Law.— Under the provisions of the Constitution, and of the Penal Code, a person charged with crime can appear and defend only when in actual or constructive custody, and has no 'longer a right to appear by counsel, when ho has escaped from custody and is at large. Accordingly, where a defendant, convicted of murder, appealed, and afterward escaped from jail, it was ordered that the appeal should stand dismissed, unless the defendant should return to custody within a time specified.</p>