What is the current state of the law on flight and possession of stolen property?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Rogers, S080840 (Cal. 2013):

Moreover, defendant took the stand in his own behalf and testified that after leaving California he was traveling home to Hamilton, Ohio, but stopped off at Las Vegas, Nevada, to gamble, and then at Jackson, Mississippi, to renew his truck driver's license, before returning to Ohio. The prosecution was entitled to counter this testimony with evidence that defendant remained in continuous flight from the time he murdered Gallagher in California until he was apprehended in Kentucky approximately six weeks later.6 The standard flight instruction given below properly left it to the jury " 'to determine the weight and significance assigned to such behavior.' " (People v. Boyette, supra, 29 Cal.4th at p. 438.) There was no error in so charging the jury.

3. Instruction on possession of stolen property as it related to murder and arson charges (CALJIC No. 2.15)

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