State v. Gaylor

The question before us is whether the defendant’s appeal, dismissed pursuant to the fugitive disentitlement rule, should be reinstated. We conclude that it should not.

In December 1997, the defendant, Gregory Gaylor, was indicted in Merrimack County Superior Court on multiple theft counts and one count of willful evasion of the New Hampshire business profits tax arising out of his involvement in a business partnership. While the jury was deliberating at his trial in April 1999, the defendant absconded. He was found guilty on more than 100 counts of theft and tax evasion and was sentenced in…