United States Congress
November 20, 2016
UNITED STATES COURT EVASION ACT (CEA)
BE IT ENACTED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE SENATE IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED,
PREAMBLE
Many court cases in the U.S. court system deals with defendants who have fled the United States and away from Justice, and further clog our court system.
This act serves as a guideline to deal with defendants who have fled the country with pending charges against them.
SECTION 1: GUILT IN ABSENTIA; TABLE OF CONTENTS
(a) A defendant who leaves the United States of America group while there is pending criminal charges against him must notify the (Assistant) U.S. Attorney handling his case he is leaving the country and intends to fight the charges.
(b) If a defendant flees the country without fulfilling the requirements of section 1a, it will result in the defendant forfeiting his right to counsel and in a nolo contendere plea being issued to the court.
(c) Section 1 of this act only applies if the case has been accepted by a U.S. Attorney and is pending acceptance by an Assistant U.S. Attorney or Federal Judge.
(d) Table of Contents:
Preamble
Sec. 1. – Guilt in absentia; table of contents.
Sec. 2. – Judges handling the implementation of section 1.
Sec. 3. – Conclusion
SECTION 2: JUDGES HANDLING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SECTION 1.
(a) Any judge is authorized to implement section 1b of this act if sections 1a has been violated and the case fulfills the requirements of section 1c
(b) Judges implementing section 1b are to message the (Assistant) U.S. Attorney and the Defendant he is implementing section 1a and will wait 24 hours to hear sentencing arguments from both sides.
(c) The defendant is to be informed that rejoining the United States of America is a requirement to have a regular trial and to forfeit the nolo contendere plea. If the defendant rejoins the United States of America within this 24 hour period, section 1b can no longer be implemented and regular court proceedings are to occur.
(d) If the defendant were to leave the United States a second time to delay court proceedings, he could no longer forfeit a nolo contendere plea and section 1b must remain in effect if re-implemented.
(e) After the requirements of section 2b has been fulfilled, the judge is to issue his sentencing as usually done in any other court situation. The judge is to place in the document that section 1b of this act has been implemented in the case.
(f) The judge is required to send the sentencing document to the defendant and to post it onto the United States of America shout.
SECTION 3.
This act shall be enforced with proper legislation; furthermore, proposals in disagreement with the act shall hereby be nullified.
Signed,
Representative CodyGPorter; bill presenter, editor, sponsor.
Tankslayer10; Bill author, former advisor to Cody Porter.
Senator Cody G. Porter [R-ME] |