Smelley v. State

On May 26, 1994, the appellant, Ted Daniel Smelley, was found guilty in district court on charges of reckless driving and driving under the influence. He appealed to the Jefferson Circuit Court for a trial de novo. After numerous resettings, the case was called for trial on July 8, 1999; however, neither the appellant nor his attorney was present in court on that date. The trial court then entered an order dismissing the appeals. The court also denied the appellant's subsequent motion to reinstate the appeals.

The record reveals that the appellant's reckless driving case originally was set for…