State v. Baker

The state moves to dismiss this criminal appeal on the ground that defendant has absconded from the jurisdiction of the court and is a fugitive from justice. ORAP 8.05(3). The state’s motion is supported by a warrant for defendant’s arrest based on defendant’s failure to appear at a show cause hearing for failure to satisfy the monetary obligations of the judgment that defendant is appealing. Defendant is presently living in Oklahoma and asserts that he is unable to pay the monetary obligations or to travel to Oregon. The motion raises the issue of whether, under these circumstances,…