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Polanski One Step Closer to L.A.?
Posted by: David Ring
April 26, 2010
Topic: Roman Polanski
California's Court of Appeal rejected Roman Polanski's bid to force a trial judge to sentence Polanski in absentia. Polanski had filed an emergency appeal to the appellate court seeking a ruling that would allow Polanski to stay in Switzerland and, at the same time, order the trial judge in California to proceed with a decision on sentencing.
Polanski now remains in limbo. He is under house arrest in Switzerland and cannot leave that country. He now has to wait and see if Swiss authorities will, in fact, extradite him to the U.S. That could involve months more of legal wrangling. Or, Polanski could voluntarily return on his own and face the music. But, he has resisted taking that approach for fear he could be tossed in a California prison to serve more time after he fled California in the midst of his criminal case in the late 1970s.
Polanski now will probably work the Swiss legal system with the hope of getting the Swiss to decide against extradition. Polanski would then be free to return to France, but could not return to the U.S. Of course, he has not stepped foot on U.S. soil since his flight over 30 years ago.
