Hall v. State

Wendell Jermaine Hall argues that his counsel had no right to waive his presence when the state’s motion to compel him to produce hair, blood, and saliva samples was argued, and that his convictions for burglary with battery and for sexual battery should be reversed on the additional ground that a witness the state did not list was allowed to testify at trial over objection. We affirm both convictions. We agree, however, that the habitual violent felony offender sentence the trial court pronounced must be reversed for lack of qualifying predicate offenses. ' We reverse that sentence and…