State v. Whitcomb

OPINION

PARKER, Judge.

This appeal is from a conviction for speeding and from an order issuing a bench warrant for arrest on a charge of obstructing legal process. 1 Appellant Tony Whit-comb had notice of the trial on both charges but did not appear. A conviction was ordered on the speeding charge and a bench warrant issued for his arrest for obstructing legal process. Whitcomb claims the trial court should not have taken these actions because there was a stay of execution of sentence pending his appeal of a contempt conviction. The state replies that the stay pertained only to the contempt…