175 (Ct.App. 1980) (upholding conviction where evidence showed that defendant had met with counsel several times prior to trial, counsel informed the defendant that it was absolutely necessary for him to appear, and the day before trial the defendant left for Albuquerque and made no effort to contact his attorney when his car broke down and he was unable to return in time for trial); People v. Marquez, 692 P.2d 1089, 1103-04 (Colo.1984) (en banc) (upholding conviction for failure to appear based on defendant’s admission that he chose to travel to a funeral instead of appearing in court even though defendant appeared at court the next day), overruled on other grounds by James v. People, 727 P.2d 850, 855 (Colo.1986) (en banc); State v. Hoover, 54 Conn.App. 773, 738 A.2d 685, 687 (1999) (<HOLDING>); Wilson v. State, 776 So.2d 347, 349-50
holding that text message from victim before murder asking friend to come over and advising that she and defendant had been fighting was not testimonial because nothing suggests victim intended or believed it might later be used in a prosecution or at a trial holding trial court abused its discretion by not extending the time for service where the statute of limitations had run and where service had been achieved at the time of the hearing on the motion to dismiss holding evidence sufficient where defendant claimed shooting was accidental and state presented contradicting testimony holding that the evidence was sufficient to preclude inference where defendant believed house to be that of his girlfriend and nothing in the dwelling had been disturbed holding evidence sufficient where defendant claimed he was out of state visiting a friend at time of trial and mistakenly believed that the case had been continued