Legal Opinion
State v. Clay
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided November 30, 1999No. WD 56215PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES M. SMART, Jr., Judge.
Clay was tried in absentia, without counsel, and a jury convicted him of one count of possession of methamphetamine in violation of § 195.202, RSMo 1994. 1 Clay appeals his conviction, claiming that the trial court plainly erred and abused its discretion in compelling him to proceed to trial in violation of his rights to due process and assistance of counsel as guaranteed by the Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution and Article I, sections 10 and 18(a) of the Missouri Constitution.
Factual Background
On March 28, 1998, Clay was…
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