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STATE v. RUSSELL

No. COA07-571.

655 S.E.2d 887 (2008)

STATE of North Carolina v. Angelo Maurice RUSSELL.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

February 5, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Roy Cooper, by Associate Attorney General Catherine F. Jordan, for the State.

Jarvis John Edgerton, IV, Durham, for the defendant-appellant.

WYNN, Judge.

Under our case law, "[a] defendant's voluntary and unexplained absence from court subsequent to the commencement of trial constitutes . . . a waiver [of his right to confrontation]."1 Here, Defendant Angelo Maurice Russell failed to provide a reasonable explanation for his absence from his trial. Accordingly, we find no error in the trial court's finding that he waived his right to confrontation.

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