Tilley v. State

Sognier, Chief Judge.

Frederick James Tilley was indicted on a charge of armed robbery of a Laurens County bank. After presentation of the evidence the trial court reduced the charge to robbery by intimidation, and the jury convicted Tilley of that charge. He appeals.

1. Appellant contends the trial court erred by refusing to allow him to absent himself from the courtroom during the trial. In Lewis v. State, 164 Ga. App. 549 (297 SE2d 303) (1982), we held that a criminal defendant’s constitutional right to be present at trial does not include a concomitant right of absence, and that the trial…