State v. Davis

WYNN, Judge.

A defendant may waive the general right to be present at his trial through his voluntary and unexplained absence from court. 1 Here, Defendant Floyd Jean Davis contends the trial court erred by allowing his trial to proceed in absentia. Because the record shows that Defendant had knowledge of the date and time that his trial reconvened and failed to appear or provide any reasonable excuse for his absence, we affirm the trial court’s decision to move forward with the proceedings without Defendant.

On 26 January 2006, Mitchell County Deputy Sheriff Frank Catalano went to Defendant’s…