HUGHES, DARREN TRAMELL v. the State of Texas

In the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas ══════════ No. PD-0164-22 ══════════ DARREN TRAMELL HUGHES, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS ═══════════════════════════════════════ On State’s Petition for Discretionary Review From the Fourteenth Court of Appeals Harris County ═══════════════════════════════════════ YEARY, J., filed a dissenting opinion. As the Court today acknowledges, Appellant’s only legal basis for contending on direct appeal that he was deprived of his right to be present in the courtroom during the hearing on the motion to adjudicate HUGHES – 2 was the Fourteenth Amendment’s…