People v. Woods

A Washtenaw Circuit Court jury convicted defendant of being an habitual offender, second offense, MCL 769.10; MSA 28.1082. Defendant appeals as of right claiming that his constitutional and statutory rights to be present at his trial were violated. We affirm.

Defendant was not present at his habitual offender trial. A prosecution witness testified, out side of the jury’s presence, that she contacted the control center at the Huron Valley Men’s Facility about five minutes earlier and was told that defendant could not be brought to court because he had barricaded himself in his cell and jammed…