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· 4/28/1982

United States v. Stephen Gonsalves

Citations

  • 675 F.2d 1050
  • 1982 U.S. App. LEXIS 19734

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • when an accused knowingly conceals himself, even diligent investigators may be thwarted from uncovering facts essential to the prosecution
  • “For the purposes of the ‘fleeing from justice’ issue, hiding out from one set of federal law enforcement authorities is equivalent to hiding out from all of them; the investigation is hampered either way.”
  • statute begins to run upon good faith effort to surrender
  • “The trial court has the discretion to exclude stale evidence.” (simplified)

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Judges: Kashiwa, Claims, Fletcher, Norris

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