Law Practice
Oct. 29, 2008
High Court Upholds Conviction of Man Who Fled on Eve of Trial
"That he found himself detained in another location was, at that point, a circumstance of his own creation," Justice Carol Corrigan wrote.
Daily Journal Staff Writer A Riverside County defendant managed to escape from jail, but he won't escape prison. The California Supreme Court Monday upheld Ryan Concepcion's carjacking and theft convictions even though Concepcion missed most of his trial when he was on the lam. People v. Concepcion, 2008 DJDAR 16229. Concepcion's attorney argued that once Concepcion was recaptured, police should have brought him to t...
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