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Heywood v. State

Citations

  • 292 Ga. 771
  • 743 S.E.2d 12
  • 2013 Fulton County D. Rep. 1344
  • 2013 WL 1442294
  • 2013 Ga. LEXIS 292

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that a defendant has no right to be present when only legal arguments and logistical or procedural matters are discussed
  • holding that a defendant has no right to be present when only legal 19 arguments and logistical or procedural matters are discussed
  • concluding that, although defendant was entitled to be present at particular bench conference about whether to replace prospective jurors, he acquiesced in his counsel’s waiver of his right
  • holding that appellant’s right to he present was not violated by holding in his absence bench conferences that concerned “only legal arguments regarding objections and proper trial procedure or logistical matters”
  • holding that defendant acquiesced to counsel’s waiver of right to be present at bench conference where trial judge advised everyone in courtroom, including defendant, about the topic of the bench conference and defendant raised no objection to his absence
  • holding that defendant’s absence from bench conferences involving logistical matters such as the order in which witnesses would be called and when to take breaks in the trial proceedings did not violate his constitutional right to be present

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Nahmias

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46 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Cites

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