Frank Lynn Brewer v. Robert Raines

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• holding a defendant’s notice of his “original trial date” combined with his “failure to know of the continued dates of his trial” because he failed “to keep in contact with the court and his attorney” demonstrated “a knowledgeable waiver of [his] right to be present”
• finding waiver because \[t]he record shows that petitioner was informed of his original trial date and that his trial could be held in absentia if he voluntarily failed to appear. This notice was sufficient to evoke a knowledgeable waiver of petitioner's right to be present.\
• finding waiver because “[t]he record shows that petitioner was informed of his original trial date and that his trial could be held in absentia if he voluntarily failed to appear. This notice was sufficient to evoke a knowledgeable waiver of petitioner’s right to be present.”
• “A defendant cannot be allowed to keep himself deliberately ignorant and then complain about his lack of knowledge.”

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