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DOE v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. B048466.

222 Cal.App.3d 1406 (1990)

272 Cal. Rptr. 474

JANE DOE, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; ROMAN POLANSKI, Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division One.

August 20, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Lawrence Silver, Mark E. Field and Shula Roth-Barash for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Finkle, Hersh & Stoll, David G. Finkle and Gary Micon for Real Party in Interest.

OPINION

DEVICH, Acting P.J.

May a fugitive from justice appear through counsel when sued in a civil action based on conduct for which he was convicted in a criminal prosecution? We conclude that the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution1 compels an affirmative response to this question and therefore deny Jane Doe...

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