State v. Walker

*492OPINION

LANKFORD, Judge.

¶ 1 Defendant Ronald Walker appeals his convictions for possession or use of dangerous drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia. The issue presented on appeal is whether the superior court abused its discretion by finding that Defendant voluntarily absented himself from part of his trial and thereby waived his right to be present.

¶ 2 This case is unlike many reported eases of voluntary absences from trial proceedings. Defendant Walker did not abscond. He was absent from part, not all, of the trial proceedings. The portion he missed was the beginning of the trial, and…