From Cedar City v. McCraw, decided last week by the Utah Court of Appeals (Judge Michele M. Christiansen Forster, joined by Judges Gregory K. Orme and David N. Mortensen):

In October 2021, McCraw and her girlfriend, Victoria [a pseudonym], argued inside their shared residence located in Cedar City, Utah. The dispute escalated to the point that McCraw threw and shattered plates on the floor in front of Victoria's young child. The City charged McCraw in the Iron County Justice Court with criminal mischief and domestic violence in the presence of a child; the case was later transferred to the Fifth District Court.

The bench trial was continued once and reset. When the trial was finally convened, McCraw did not appear. Counsel briefly left the courtroom to try to contact her client, returned

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