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BROOKS v. STATE

No. S99A1014.

519 S.E.2d 907 (1999)

271 Ga. 456

BROOKS v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

September 13, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerard Kleinrock, Decatur, for appellant.

J. Tom Morgan, District Attorney, Barbara A. Conroy, J. Michael McDaniel, Assistant District Attorneys, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Adam M. Hames, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

SEARS, Justice.

The appellant, Christopher Brooks, was convicted of the malice murder of Derrick Brown and of violating the Georgia Controlled Substances Act.1 On appeal, Brooks contends, among other things, that the trial court erred by conducting a portion of his trial outside his presence, and that this error requires that his convictions be reversed. We agree, and therefore reverse Brooks's convictions.

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