In the Matter of C.T.C.

OPINION

Opinion by:

TOM RICKHOFF, Justice.

C.T.C. was adjudicated delinquent and committed to the Texas Youth Commission for engaging in a robbery. Upon determining that C.T.C. had voluntarily absented himself after the completion of jury selection, the trial court conducted the adjudication and disposition phases in C.T.C.’s absence. C.T.C. now argues the trial court erred in not holding a hearing to determine whether his absence was voluntary and in not considering whether it would be appropriate to delay the trial while efforts were made to locate him. We disagree and affirm.

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