Pennsylvania Superior Court ruled Wednesday that Danilo Cavalcante’s fugitive status affected the deadline for his attorneys to appeal his murder sentence and that the appeal came too late.
FILE - Danilo Cavalcante escorted by officers with the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections into the Magisterial District Court, Kennett Square, Pa., Feb. 2, 2024. HARRISBURG, Pa. — A convicted killer’s escape from a Pennsylvania jail last year has cost him his right to appeal his original life sentence, a state court ruled Wednesday.escaped from a Chester County lockup while waiting to be transferred to state prison to serve a life sentence for killing his ex-girlfriend.
While he was a fugitive, his attorneys filed a motion challenging the evidence and certain aspects of his sentence in the murder case. But the motion was legally invalid because fugitives in Pennsylvania forfeit such rights while they are on the run, according to the Pennsylvania Superior Court. That, in turn, affected the deadline for Cavalcante’s attorneys to appeal his life-without-parole murder sentence.
Had it been valid, the motion would have extended the appeal deadline. Instead, the original deadline remained intact — and Cavalcante’s subsequent appeal came eight days too late, the court ruled.Previously convicted Cumberland County sex offender found guilty of repeat offensesMan planned to ‘terrorize’ 5 strangers he tried to kidnap in central Pa.: police
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