Legal Opinion
Ortega-Rodriguez v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 8, 1993No. 91-7749PublishedCited by 352 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stevens
In United States v. Holmes, 680 F. 2d 1372, 1373 (1982), cert. denied, 460 U. S. 1015 (1983), the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held that “a defendant who flees after conviction, but before sentencing, waives his right to appeal from the conviction unless he can establish that his absence was due to matters completely beyond his control.” Relying on that authority, and without further explanation, the court dismissed petitioner’s appeal.1 Because we have not pre*236viously considered whether a defendant may be deemed to forfeit his right to appeal by fleeing while his case is pending…
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