DOWDELL v. STATE

CR-91-1221.

615 So.2d 1277 (1993)

Demetrius Lavel DOWDELL v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

January 22, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur Clarke, Mobile, for appellant.

James H. Evans, Atty. Gen., and Jean Brown, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


McMILLAN, Judge.

The appellant was convicted of the unlawful possession of cocaine, in violation of § 13A-12-212, Code of Alabama 1975, and was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment under the Habitual Felony Offender Act.

The appellant argues that his due process rights under the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution were violated when the trial court allowed the jury to deliberate while he was not present in the courtroom and also when...

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