Evolga v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “Evolga was convicted of murder. In June of 1979 he was sentenced to a forty-year prison term. Shortly after he was sentenced, he escaped from jail and was a fugitive from the jurisdiction of the court until February of 1984. While he was a fugitive, a motion to correct error was filed on his behalf. The motion was denied, and a praecipe was filed. When Evolga’s fugitive status became known to the trial court, the order denying the motion to correct error was expunged, and all further appeal proceedings were stayed until Evolga was apprehended. After Evolga was returned to this jurisdiction in March of 1984, the State filed, and the trial court granted, motions to permanently stay the appeal and dismiss Evolga’s motion to correct error. Evol-ga’s subsequent Motion for Permission to File Belated Motion for a New Trial was denied. In Evolga v. State, 519 N.E.2d 532, 534 (Ind.1988), our supreme court found that Evolga had waived his right to appeal due not just to his act of escape, but also because of his continued absence from this jurisdiction.”

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