What is the impact of the Court of Appeal's sentencing of a defendant who abscondes from court and absconds while serving her sentence?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. HSU, 168 Cal.App.4th 397, 85 Cal.Rptr.3d 566 (Cal. App. 2009):
( People v. Masloski (2001) 25 Cal.4th 1212, 1217, 108 Cal.Rptr.2d 484, 25 P.3d 681; People v. Casillas (1997) 60 Cal.App.4th 445, 451-452, 70 Cal.Rptr.2d 290.) In contrast to the situation analyzed in Cruz, where the absconding defendant lost the benefit of her bargained-for sentence as a punishment for fleeing, it is apparent that the sentencing judge in this case scrupulously
[85 Cal.Rptr.3d 577]
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