Flight:

LibraryThe Rulebook: The Definitive Quick Reference Guide for New York Criminal Law Practitioners (2020 Ed.)

FLIGHT: See also entry for CONSCIOUSNESS OF GUILT.

Consciousness of Guilt: A "defendant's flight from police officers evince[s] a consciousness of guilt (see People v Chico, 90 NY2d 585, 591 [1997])" (People v Pacquette, 25 NY3d 575, 580 [2015]).

Consciousness of Guilt: "Evidence of [a] defendant's escape [is] probative of consciousness of guilt, and whether the defendant was seeking to escape from being taken into custody on a parole violation goes to the weight of the evidence not its admissibility (...

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