DETAILS
If a parolee is in a halfway house due to lack of residence and familiy in the state, has a death in a family and absconders from this halfway house and has been abscondering for over a year use a phych defense such as the trauma from his or her gramdparent passing away as a defense to avios inprisionment and beat the technical violation?
ANSWER
Probably not.
This type of defense would really be a long shot especially considering that he absconded for over a year.
This type of information (trauma from his/her grandparents passing), would be good information to present to the judge as mitigation for absconding during a sentencing hearing.