State of Louisiana v. Chaka Stewart

| ,We granted writs to examine the timeliness of a prosecution following defendant’s failure to appear in court after receiving actual notice and whether the court of appeal erroneously reversed the trial court’s ruling. The trial court granted defendant’s motion to quash, finding the prosecution untimely. For the following reasons, we affirm the court of appeal’s ruling, which reversed the quashal and found the state has no affirmative duty to locate an absent defendant, and remand these eases to the trial court for further proceedings.

PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On June . 29, 2011, defendant was…