How have courts interpreted the test for whether a defendant who fled from the scene of a burglary has consciousness of guilt?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Gautt, 11 Cal.Rptr. 805, 190 Cal.App.2d 355 (Cal. App. 1961):
Appellant was in the immediate vicinity of the burglary and upon hearing the burglar alarm immediately made an effort to absent himself. Flight shows consciousness of guilt. People v. Spivak, 166 Cal.App.2d 796, 811, 334 P.2d 44; People v. Parmenter, 186 Cal.App.2d 509, at page 511, 9 Cal.Rptr. 135, at page 137.
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