Driver v. State

ROBERTSON, Judge.

Ted H. Driver appeals from his jury trial conviction of dealing in a Schedule I, II, or III controlled substance as a class B felony. He raises four allegations of error. Because we reverse, we will address only those errors which mandate reversal or which affect retrial:

I. whether the defendant was denied his right to be present at trial, right to confront and cross-examine witnesses, and right to counsel when the Court permitted the State to introduce prior testimony taken in the defendant's absence;

II. whether the defendant's trial violat ed the mandates of Criminal Rule…