Darden v. State

William Darden was found guilty by a jury in May, 1996 and convicted of burglary of a dwelling, burglary of a conveyance, possession of burglary tools and felony petit theft.

Darden was not present during a sidebar conference concerning the selection of jurors. His attorney exercised two peremptory strikes and asked to dismiss one juror for cause. The record does not reflect whether Darden was consulted about any of the juror challenges or whether he acquiesced in his counsel’s challenges.

We vacate the convictions because we are bound by our previous decision of August 5, *1001997, in Anderson…