JOHNSON, J.
The Defendant was tried and convicted in absentia of first degree statutory rape. On appeal, the Defendant argues the trial court violated CrR 3.4 and the sixth and fourteenth amendments to the United States Constitution by commencing trial in his absence. He also alleges various other errors. The appeal was certified to this court by Division Two of the Court of Appeals. We reverse.
BACKGROUND
On January 19, 1979, the Defendant, Kenneth...
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