Vasquez v. City of Hialeah

This appeal involves a forfeiture proceeding in which the trial court, because of scheduling problems, recessed the hearing on April 23, 1985, and advised counsel that they would be renoticed when trial was to continue. Thereafter, the trial court issued an order setting the completion of trial for July 16,1985, at 11:00 a.m. A second order changing the hour to 10:00 a.m. was entered on July 8, 1985; however, it appears without dispute that neither Vasquez nor his counsel was advised of the change in time. When Vasquez and his counsel appeared at 10:50 a.m. on July 16, 1985, to complete the…