City of Monroe v. Baghri

MARCUS, Justice.

Alereza Baghri and forty-seven others were arrested and variously charged by affidavits with criminal trespass in violation of Section No. 10-59 of the City of Monroe Code and with resisting arrest in violation of Section No. 10-55 of the City of Monroe Code. Defendants, after being arraigned, were released on bond and notified to appear for trial at 9:00 a. m. on March 14, 1980. When their cases were called for trial, defendants failed to respond. The trial judge ordered the bonds forfeited and issued bench warrants for their arrests. Upon defendants’ application, we granted…