Deldrick Lamont Carroll v. State of Mississippi

CARLTON, J„

for the Court:

¶ 1. Lamont Carroll appeals his conviction for armed robbery and sentence of twenty-seven years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC). Carroll now appeals, asserting the following assignments of error: (1) the trial court erred in trying him in absentia; (2) the trial court erred in allowing the State to amend the indictment and charge him as a habitual offender; and' (3) his constitutional right to counsel was violated. 1 Finding no error, we affirm.

FACTS

¶ 2. On April 6, 2012, a large group of people gathered at a house in Benton County,…