judge ruled that [appellant] voluntarily absented himself from the trial, acting of his own volition during the evening, and doing something that found him to be unresponsive the next morning, knowing that the trial would be proceeding.” The district court concluded that a suicide attempt constitutes a voluntary absence from trial. Appellant argues that the district court abused its discretion in relying on the trial judge’s speculative and inadequate findings about his condition based on preliminary information and hearsay. There is no caselaw in Minnesota holding that a suicide attempt constitutes a voluntary absence from trial. But the Eighth Circuit has held that a suicide attempt can constitute a voluntary absence. United States v. St. James, 415 F.3d 800, 804-05 (8th Cir.2005) (<HOLDING>); United States v. Crites, 176 F.3d 1096, 1098
holding that in order to show unavailability of a witness service of process by the defendant was not required when the witness had jumped bail and fled holding that evidence failed to show that the state violated brady and giglio by failing to timely disclose impeachment evidence regarding an alleged plea deal when the defendant failed to show that there was a deal between the state and witness in which witness received consideration for his testimony at the defendants trial holding that defendant who fled the state and then attempted suicide failed to show his absence from trial was involuntary holding that the trial courts failure to have each bench conference and ruling properly transcribed was not reversible error when the defendant failed to show that he was prevented from presenting any relevant evidence and failed to establish that any prejudice resulted from the absence in the record holding that defendant failed to show that his trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance by not objecting to the states leading questions when there was no evidence that such failure was not based on trial strategy