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Pollard v. State

Citations

  • 333 S.E.2d 152
  • 175 Ga. App. 269
  • 1985 Ga. App. LEXIS 2795

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  • noting that a defendant’s absence during a phase of trial “is treated as a waiver of the right of confrontation” and that “confrontation rights are personal to the accused and are waived when the accused . . . voluntarily absents himselfi.]” (citation omitted)
  • for purposes of determining whether defendant has been absent from trial and has therefore waived his right of confrontation, trial begins when jeop ardy attaches; jeopardy had not attached where jury had not been sworn

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Judges: Benham, Banke, McMurray

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