State v. Tudgay

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• finding requirements of Rule 9.1 satisfied by defendant’s signature of release order containing notice of right to attend and warning that proceedings could begin in defendant’s absence
• “There is no requirement that a defendant receive notice of his rights after every continuance”
• “Once a defendant’s knowledge of the trial date is shown, the defendant has the burden of persuading the court that his absence was not voluntary.”
• “Since there was a prima facie showing of voluntary waiver, and no evidence presented by appellant to the contrary, the court did not err in proceeding in absentia.”
• defendant had constructive notice of new trial date where counsel mailed new trial information nearly a month in advance of trial to the address where prior letters were successfully sent to defendant
• same; defendant claimed not to have received letter from counsel

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).