18 U.S.C. § 3290

Fugitives from justice

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No statute of limitations shall extend to any person fleeing from justice.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 133 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1950–2024 · leading case: United States v. Delfino De Leon-Ramirez, 925 F.3d 177 (4th Cir. 2019).
United States v. Delfino De Leon-Ramirez, 925 F.3d 177 (4th Cir. 2019). · cites it 2× “See 18 U.S.C. § 3290 . De Leon-Ramirez challenges that finding on appeal.”
United States v. Jose D. Florez, 447 F.3d 145 (2d Cir. 2006). · cites it 4× “See 18 U.S.C. § 3290 (“No statute of limitations shall extend to any person fleeing from justice.”
Elijah Ephraim Jhirad v. Thomas E. Ferrandina, United States Marshal, S. Dist. of New York, 536 F.2d 478 (2d Cir. 1976). · cites it 6× “Jhirad now challenges Magistrate Goettel’s determination, approved by Judge Duffy, that appellant’s “constructive flight” in not returning to his homeland when he otherwise would have but for fear of the pending criminal investigation was sufficient to satisfy the tolling…”
Avelino Cruz Martinez v. United States, 828 F.3d 451 (6th Cir. 2016). · cites it 6× “For example, federal statutes of limitation are tolled if the defendant is “fleeing from justice,” 18 U.S.C. § 3290 , which requires the government “to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that [the defendant] concealed himself with the intent of avoiding prosecution,”…”
United States v. Phillip Rae Morgan, 922 F.2d 1495 (10th Cir. 1991). · cites it 6× “In opposition, the government claimed that the statute of limitations was tolled by 18 U.S.C. § 3290 (1988), which withholds any statute of limitations from an individual “fleeing from justice.”
State v. MacArthur, 2008 WI 72 (Wis. 2008). · cites it 8× “We adopt an approach consistent with the federal court's approach to the tolling provision in 18 U.S.C. § 3290 . Therefore, we conclude that the circuit court judge decides the tolling issue in a pretrial proceeding wherein the State must prove by a preponderance of the evidence…”
United States v. Bailey, 444 U.S. 394 (1980). · cites it 2× “[10] Title 18 U. S. C. § 3290 provides that "[n]o statute of limitations shall extend to any person fleeing from justice.”
United States v. Santos Hernan Rivera-Ventura, 72 F.3d 277 (2d Cir. 1995). · cites it 4× “Code provides for the tolling of statutes of limitations with respect to a person “fleeing from justice,” 18 U.S.C. § 3290 (1994), a term that has generally been interpreted to mean.”
United States v. Donte Island, 916 F.3d 249 (3rd Cir. 2019). · cites it 2× “As the Second Circuit noted, the fugitive tolling doctrine corresponds to a variety of procedural doctrines that prevent rewarding fugitive defendants for misconduct: fugitive defendants are barred from invoking statutes of limitations, see 18 U.S.C. § 3290 ; appeals can be…”
Michel v. Louisiana, 350 U.S. 91 (1956). · cites it 2× “" 18 U. S. C. § 3290 . Poret's case affords a perfect illustration of the necessity for prompt determination of claims such as he raises here.”
United States v. John Peter McGoff, 831 F.2d 1071 (D.C. Cir. 1987). · cites it 3× “But the Court found that tension “wholly absent” from the case before it because another federal statute, 18 U.S.C. § 3290 (1982), suspended the statute of limitations as long as the escapee remained at large.”
United States v. Ponzo, 853 F.3d 558 (1st Cir. 2017). “” Noting that 18 U.S.C. § 3290 tolls the statute of limitations if the accused “fle[d] from justice,” Ponzo adds that the evidence he asked Cunha to introduce would have shown that he fled Massachusetts not to avoid prosecution but to save his life.”
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