Tolbert v. State

McFadden, Judge.

A jury convicted Don Thomas Tolbert of various counts of child molestation, aggravated child molestation, enticing a child for indecent purposes, and aggravated sodomy, and the trial court denied Tolbert’s motion for new trial. On appeal, Tolbert argues that the trial court erred when, at two points during the trial, it held a bench conference outside of Tolbert’s presence and then closed the courtroom for a portion of the trial. As detailed below, to the extent Tolbert claims as error the two courtroom closures, we find that he has waived appellate review of those claims by…