State v. Muse

OPINION

REID, Special Justice.

This case presents for review the appeal by the defendant, Gregory Muse, from the judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeals affirming the conviction of aggravated assault. Permission to appeal was granted in order to decide if the defendant is entitled to a new trial because the jury was selected in his absence and without his knowledge. The Court finds that the defendant had a fundamental constitutional right to be present during voir dire, that he did not waive that right, and that his absence during the entire jury selection process is not subject to harmless…