WILLIAMS, J.
In this post-conviction relief (PCR) case, this court granted the State's petition for writ of certiorari to review the PCR court's order granting Tommy Burgess a new trial. The State argues the PCR court erred in failing to determine whether Burgess was prejudiced by his counsel's failure to request a jury charge regarding Burgess's absence from his criminal trial. We affirm.
FACTUAL/PROCEDURAL HISTORY
In 2002, Burgess proceeded to...
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