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SCOTT v. COM.

616 S.W.2d 39 (1981)

Charles SCOTT, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

May 26, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Emory Farley, Public Advocate, Mark A. Posnansky, Asst. Public Advocate, Frankfort, for appellant.

Robert F. Stephens, Atty. Gen., Penny R. Warren, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for appellee.

STEPHENSON, Justice.

Charles Scott was tried in Campbell Circuit Court and convicted of second-degree burglary and of being a persistent felony offender in the first degree. He was sentenced to a term of twenty years in the penitentiary. We affirm.

Scott asserts that the trial court committed reversible error by commencing the trial in his absence.

On August 19, 1978, at approximately 4:30 a. m., Scott broke into a bar in Newport, Kentucky. The owners...

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