Cruz v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
March 1997
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Brady v. United States · Illinois v. Allen · Ohio v. Gallagher · Taylor v. United States · Phelps Dodge Corp. v. AFL-CIO Joint Negotiating Committee
Most-quoted passages
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“A. Whoever, having been released pursuant to this chapter or on a summons pursuant to § 19.2-73 or § 19.2-74, willfully fails to appear before any court or judicial officer as required, shall, after notice to all interested parties, incur a forfeiture of any security which may have been given or pledged for his release, unless one of the parties can show good cause for excusing the absence, or unless the court, in its sound discretion, shall determine that neither the interests of justice nor the power of the court to conduct orderly proceedings will be served by such forfeiture. B. Any person charged with a felony offense who willfully fails to appear before any court as required shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony. Any person charged with a misdemeanor offense who willfully fails to appear before any court as required shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“APPEARANCE AT TRIAL I understand that I must appear in Circuit Court at 9:30 a.m. on the date set for my trial/disposition which is I understand that if I fail to appear on the date set for trial, I may be tried in my absence and may be indicted for the felony offense of Failure to Appear which carries a sentence of up to five years in the penitentiary. Defendant Date”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“so we don’t have witnesses coming in here. We don’t have everybody ready for trial. We don’t have a jury sitting around and a defendant decides that he prefers to be somewhere else.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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