Abraham v. State

CONFESSION OF ERROR

The defendant, Jerry Abraham, appeals from his conviction and sentence for burglary of an occupied dwelling. We reverse the conviction and sentence and remand for a new trial.

Abraham was arrested and charged with burglary of an occupied dwelling and grand theft of a vehicle. To expedite jury selection, the trial court consolidated the defendant’s case with another defendant’s case for jury selection only. The assistant public defender, who represented both defendants, objected twice to the jury selection procedure because he was having to represent both clients in the same…