State v. Sanders

STEPHENS, Judge.

*228 Procedural History and Evidence

On 18 November 2009 Defendant Rondell Luvell Sanders (“Sanders”) was tried on charges of robbeiy with a dangerous weapon. Sanders left the courtroom during jury selection, did not return, and the trial was therefore held in his absence. On 19 November 2009 the jury returned a guilty verdict. Sanders was subsequently apprehended in Michigan and brought back to North Carolina in 2011. On 14 December 2011, Sanders was brought to court for sentencing. In calculating his prior record level, the State sought to have two sentencing points included in…