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STATE v. ROBERSON

No. 26627.

382 S.C. 185 (2009)

675 S.E.2d 732

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

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided April 6, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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 David Michael Pascoe, Jr., of Orangeburg, for Petitioner.

Chief Appellate Defender Joseph L. Savitz, III, of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, of Columbia, for Respondent.

Justice PLEICONES:

Respondent Clinton Roberson (Respondent) was tried in absentia and without counsel and was convicted by a jury for failing to register as a sex offender. He was sentenced to 90 days in prison. The trial court denied Respondent's motion for a new trial on grounds that Respondent waived the right to counsel by his actions. Respondent appealed the trial court's denial of his motion for a new trial, contending that he was deprived of his right to counsel...

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