Failure to appear to preliminary hearing, found guilty. TL;DR: Missed my preliminary hearing because my car broke down and I live 4 hours away with no transportation. Told my PD and thought it would be handled. Later found out the case is closed, reckless driving was dropped, and I was marked guilty for speeding (reduced to a petty misdemeanor). Not sure if this was a plea deal or automatic due to failure to appear, but now my license is getting revoked and I’m trying to understand what happened. \--- Location: Minnesota So basically I went to my pre pre trial on zoom, and I got my prelim hearing date. Well my car broke down and I wasn’t able to drive to the preliminary hearing. I live 4 hrs away since I live in the state next to where I got my charges. I called the court to tell them my situation, they directed me to my PD. I called my public defender and told him what’s up and how I lack transportation. I asked if we could reschedule it, if I could meet on zoom etc.…