Freeman v. State

PIYARNIK, Judge.

Defendant-Appellant Melvin Freeman was convicted, after a jury trial, of Dealing in Cocaine, a Class A felony, and Conspiracy to Commit Dealing in Cocaine, also a Class A felony. He received fifty (50) year sentences on each count ordered served consecutively. His sentence was enhanced an additional thirty (30) years on an habitual offender determination, for a total sentence of one hundred thirty (130) years. On his direct appeal Freeman raises the following issues:

1. trial court error in its determination his absence from the jurisdiction was a knowing, intentional, and…