California Court of Appeal

A defendant who is charged with a felony, is released on bail, and fails to appear can be punished for violations of both Penal Code section 1320.5 (failure to appear) and Penal Code section 12022.1 (an enhancement for committing an offense while released on bail).

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/03/2001
• Published 04/03/2001

Judges

• SCOTLAND, P.J., BLEASE, J., dissenting.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Susan D. Shors, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, San Francisco, for Defendant and Appellant., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, David P. Druliner, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, W. Scott Thorpe, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Wayne K. Strumpfer, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.