State v. Bump

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• holding that there needs to be a connection between fugitivity and the proceedings from which the fugitive is to be disentitled from participating in
• holding that when a criminal defendant’s flight and recapture occur before an appeal, the defendant’s “former fugitive status” does not warrant dismissal
• holding that the appeals court could not dismiss a criminal appeal based upon the defendant’s escape where he was recaptured before the appeal
• holding that when a defendant absconds after the appellate process has begun the appellate court may dismiss the appeal
• noting that court that faces “additional trouble” is “the court before which the case is pending at the time of escape”
• noting that the Court has “consistently and unequivocally approve[d]” dismissal as appropriate sanction when defendant absconds during appeal

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).