MLchartDataset catalogue

Flight

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-002152

The act of a person accused or convicted of a crime of absconding or fleeing from law enforcement to avoid arrest, prosecution, or imprisonment. Evidence of a defendant's flight is often admissible in court as circumstantial evidence of consciousness of guilt. A jury instruction on flight informs jurors that they can infer guilt from the defendant's act of fleeing, though it is not sufficient on its own to establish guilt.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-002152
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-002152",
  "term": "Flight",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "The act of a person accused or convicted of a crime of absconding or fleeing from law enforcement to avoid arrest, prosecution, or imprisonment. Evidence of a defendant's flight is often admissible in court as circumstantial evidence of consciousness of guilt. A jury instruction on flight informs jurors that they can infer guilt from the defendant's act of fleeing, though it is not sufficient on its own to establish guilt.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/flight/"
}

Record 2,061 of 5,445 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.