State v. Veney

TYSON, Judge.

*915Rodney Veney ("Defendant") appeals from judgments entered upon his convictions for three counts of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury. Defendant argues the trial court committed a structural error *116by instructing prospective jurors outside the presence of defense counsel, which deprived him of his Sixth Amendment right to counsel. The State has proved the conceded error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. *916I. Background

Defendant was charged with assault with a deadly weapon with the intent to kill inflicting serious injury ("AWDWIKISI") for stabbing Valerie…