On Petition to Transfer from the Indiana Court of Appeals, No. 20A03-1112-CR-579
DAVID, Justice.
When a criminal defendant fails to appear at trial, it is appropriate to consider whether or not the absence waives his right to counsel and right to be present at trial before trying that defendant in absentia. Such was the case here, where a defendant who lived in North Carolina arrived late for trial in Elkhart, Indiana, only to discover that he had already...
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