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STATE v. ROBERSON

No. 4172.

371 S.C. 334 (2006)

638 S.E.2d 93

The STATE, Respondent, v. Clinton ROBERSON, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided October 30, 2006.

Rehearing Denied December 18, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Acting Chief Attorney Joseph L. Savitz, III, of Columbia; for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, Senior Assistant Attorney General Harold M. Coombs, Jr., all of Columbia; and Solicitor David M. Pascoe, Jr., of Summerville; for Respondent.

BEATTY, J.:

Clinton Roberson was tried in absentia and without counsel for the charge of failing to register as a sex offender. After the jury convicted Roberson, the circuit court judge sentenced Roberson to ninety days imprisonment. Roberson appeals the judge's denial of his motion for a new trial. We reverse and remand for a new trial.1

FACTS

On October 6, 1999, Roberson was arrested for failing to register as a sex...

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