RICHARDS v. STATE

No. A02A0150.

563 S.E.2d 551 (2002)

254 Ga. App. 708

RICHARDS v. The STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

April 3, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sullivan & Sturdivant, Harold A. Sturdivant, Griffin, Michele W. Ogletree, for appellant.

William T. McBroom, III, Dist. Atty., Robert H. English, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.


MIKELL, Judge.

A Spalding County jury convicted Jerome Melvin Richards of aggravated assault. On appeal, Richards challenges the sufficiency of the evidence. He also argues that the trial court erred by removing him from the courtroom and trying him in absentia, and by informing the jury that he was removed because of his disruptive behavior. We affirm.

On appeal from a criminal conviction, the evidence must be construed in the light

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