State v. Ravenell

Appellant Tyrone A. Ravenell was tried in absentia and convicted of armed robbery and burglary in the first degree. Subsequently, Ravenell appeared and his sealed sentence was opened, at which time Ravenell objected to the trial judge’s imposition of a consecutive, twenty year sentence on each charge and moved the sentencing judge to reduce the sentence. The sentencing judge modified the sentence to run concurrently. Ravenell appeals, asserting the trial judge erred in (1) proceeding to trial in Ravenell’s absence and (2) failing to quash the jury when it consisted of only one person of a…