Odom v. State

The appellant was indicted for theft of property in the second degree and was found guilty as a youthful offender. She was sentenced to the custody of the Director of the Department of Corrections for a period of two years.

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The appellant argues that the trial court committed reversible error because, during the hearing on the appellant's motion for new trial, the appellant was not allowed to prove that the trial judge had been inattentive during the trial testimony of her expert witness. There is no indication in the record that the trial court was talking to someone else during the witness's…