State v. Crocker

OPINION

FLANDERS, Justice.

The use of the Yiddish word “chutzpah” in reported legal decisions is apparently on the rise. 1 If so, it may be because courts are increasingly called upon to answer legal questions like the one posed to us in this ease. Here, following the 1981 arraignment of the defendant, Cari W, Crocker (Crocker), on criminal charges of sexually assaulting an eight-year-old child, the Superior Court released him from custody on his own personal recognizance. In doing so, the court relied upon Crocker’s promises to remain in this state while the case was pending and to appear…