Brown v. State

SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.

We reject each of the arguments raised by the defendant in this appeal from his conviction after a jury trial of possession of cocaine and resisting an officer with violence.

*925His primary point challenges the action of the lower court in removing him from the courtroom for the remainder of the trial after jury selection had been completed but before the testimony had begun. A careful review of the transcript reveals that no error was committed in this regard. Brown’s disruptive behavior during the voir dire and the proceedings prior to the trial itself demonstrates that…