(Des Moines, IA) — The Iowa Supreme Court says if you can’t show up to your trial for a misdemeanor — the trial can go on without you. The case involved Randall Hurlbut of Le Mars, a man who was convicted after being charged with driving while intoxicated when he didn’t show up for his trial in February 2020. He told his lawyer he couldn’t get a ride. The Supreme Court ruling says a misdemeanor defendant who knows his trial date yet deliberately chooses without good cause, to remain absent from his trial cannot then cry foul when the court follows through with the trial.
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