Lewis v. State

Shulman, Presiding Judge.

A jury convicted appellant of kidnapping, motor vehicle theft, and robbery by intimidation, and appellant now brings this appeal from the judgments entered on those verdicts.

1. Appellant assigns error to the trial court’s refusal to allow him to absent himself from the courtroom during the testimony of the victim, who subsequently identified appellant as one of his assailants.

In Georgia, a criminal defendant is constitutionally guaranteed the right to be present at all stages of his trial. Code Ann. § 2-111; Wilson v. State, 212 Ga. 73 (90 SE2d 557); Durrett v. State,…