Wortham v. State

OPINION

DIES, Chief Justice.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of delivery of a controlled substance. All evidence in the guilt-innocence phase was presented to a jury on November 13, 1986. Appellant was not present. The jury found her guilty on November 14,1986, when she was present, and the court, on February 25, 1987, assessed her punishment at fifteen years in the Texas Department of Corrections. Appeal has been perfected to this court.

Point of error number one:

“The Trial Court erred in proceeding to trial in the absence of Appellant, in violation of the ‘confrontation clause’ provided for…