Legal Opinion
People v. Coppez
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 4, 1999PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Smith, J.
Under New York’s Penal Law, a person can be charged with the crime of bail jumping when, having been released from custody or allowed to remain at liberty in connection with a criminal charge, he or she fails to appear in court “on the required date or voluntarily within thirty days thereafter” (Penal Law §§ 215.55, 215.56, 215.57). When a defendant fails to appear on a court-ordered adjourned date but the court, in its discretion, on that date stays the issuance of a warrant, has the defendant failed to appear on the statutory “required date” so as to support a…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- People v. GossNew York Court of Appeals · 1996
- Hynes v. GeorgeNew York Court of Appeals · 1990
- People v. EiffelNew York Court of Appeals · 1993
- People v. ShurnNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
- People v. ShurnAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1979
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3Cited by9 opinions
- People v. WilderNew York Court of Appeals · 1999
- People v. SherardAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
- People v. RodriguezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013
- People v. BranchCriminal Court of the City of New York · 2007
- People v. GilletteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
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