State v. Verikokides

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a criminal appeal may be dismissed if “the State can show that it has been prejudiced by the defendant’s absence and the consequent lapse of time”
• holding defendant forfeited his right to a complete record where the trial transcripts and exhibits were lost or destroyed during defendant's seven-year absence as a fugitive
• holding defendant forfeited his right to a complete record where the trial transcripts and exhibits were lost or destroyed during defendant's seven-year absence as a fugitive
• denying a new trial where the record for the second day of the jury trial was unavailable
• dismissing appeal under fugitive felon dis-entitlement doctrine, where defendant had been restored to custody at time of appeal, but trial transcript had been lost during seven year flight
• affirming the denial of reinstatement of a defendant's right to appeal where the trial court record was lost or destroyed during his seven-year absence due to escape

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).