Bowden v. State

Carley, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was tried before a jury and found guilty of driving under the influence of alcohol and giving false information to a police *803officer. He appeals from the judgments of conviction and sentences entered by the trial court on the jury’s guilty verdicts.

1. Four days prior to the selection of appellant’s jury, the trial court conducted a preliminary juror orientation session for the entire array. The trial court’s refusal to allow appellant’s attorney to be present during this juror orientation session is enumerated as error.

“[J]uror orientation, whether it be…