In 2003, Norwalker Ayanna Khadijah overslept after working all night, and was late for a court appearance at 10:45 a.m.. Judge Susan Reynolds ordered her arrested on failure to appear in court, despite pleas from Khadijah’s lawyer and the fact that Khadijah showed up sortly after 11:30 a. m. Thus was set the Kafkaesque $5,000 bond and prosecutorial zeal in pursuing this case.
The state Supreme Court yesterday agreed a Norwalk woman should not have been charged with missing court for oversleeping and showing up 43 minutes late.
