STATE v. TAYLOR

Nos. 5628, 5629.

532 P.2d 663 (1975)

STATE of Hawaii, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Melody L. TAYLOR, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

March 6, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick F. Tuohy, Honolulu, for defendant-appellant.

Terrance W. H. Tom, Deputy Pros. Atty., Honolulu (Barry Chung, Pros. Atty., with him on the brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RICHARDSON, C. J., KOBAYASHI, OGATA and MENOR, JJ., and SODETANI, Circuit Judge, assigned by reason of vacancy.


PER CURIAM.

The defendant was charged with having violated the provisions of Section 1200 of the Hawaii Penal Code. An appearance bond in the sum of $250 was posted in her behalf.

On January 4, 1974, she was arraigned in district court and instructed by the presiding judge to return for trial at 8:30 a.m. on January 28, 1974. While professing to have been waiting for her counsel outside of the courtroom at the appointed time, she did not respond when her case...

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