Is flight instruction proper for a defendant who runs from a crime scene?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Cardenas, F069372 (Cal. App. 2017):
Flight does not require a defendant to physically run from a scene, nor does it require the defendant to reach a place of safety. (People v. Bradford (1997) 14 Cal.4th 1005, 1055.) "[A] flight instruction 'is proper where the evidence shows that the defendant departed the crime scene under circumstances suggesting that his movement was motivated by a consciousness of guilt.'" (Ibid.)
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