Maupin v. State

CARDINE, Justice.

Appellant is appealing from his conviction of aggravated assault and battery. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

The issues we must determine on this appeal are these:

1. Did appellant voluntarily absent himself from his trial?

2. If such absence was not voluntary, was it prejudicial to continue the trial in appellant’s absence?

The relationship between appellant and his brothers and sister has been strained since the death of their father in November of 1978. In the summer of 1983, appellant suffered a heart attack and received medical care first locally and later in…