Legal Opinion
State v. Hentges
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided April 2, 2014No. A12-0794PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
STRAS, Justice.
Respondent John Mark Hentges filed an appeal of his conviction of felony failure to pay child support with the court of appeals. After filing his notice of appeal, Hentges failed to appear for a hearing on an alleged probation violation, and the district court issued a bench warrant for his arrest. The State moved to dismiss Hentges’s appeal under the fugitive-dismissal rule, which permits an appellate court to dismiss a criminal appeal when the party who brings the appeal is a fugitive. The court of appeals declined to dismiss the appeal. We reverse the decision of the…
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3Cited by3 opinions
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