GA 17-13-4 - GA 17-13-4

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Person who goes from one state to another before serving full sentence. - If a person is convicted of a felony committed by that person in one state, and the person goes into another state, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, before serving the full term for which the person was sentenced, the person thereby becomes a fugitive from justice. Brown v. Lowry, 185 Ga. 539 , 195 S.E. 759 (1937); Frazier v. Grimes, 221 Ga. 375 , 145 S.E.2d 39 (1965). If a person is convicted of a felony committed by that person in one state, and the person goes into another state, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, before serving the full term for which the person was sentenced, the person thereby becomes a fugitive from justice within the meaning of U.S. Const., Art. IV, Sec. II. King v....