French v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
April 1998
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. McClintock · Bradford v. State · Knight v. State · Brown v. State · Campbell v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“The Tennessee Supreme Court has subscribed to the rule that a convicted defendant who becomes a fugitive while his appeal is pending waives his right to appeal and that such an appeal may be peremptorily dismissed. This rule is based on the premise that a defendant who escapes and becomes a fugitive from justice places himself beyond the control of the court and therefore waives his right to be heard either by himself or counsel. Further, a defendant’s status as an escapee means that he cannot be made to respond to any judgment rendered by a court. Therefore, a court should not be required to give its time to proceedings which, for their effectiveness, demand the consent of an absent defendant.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Curtis v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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