Flowers v. State

This is an appeal from the appellant's conviction for robbery in the first degree and sentence, as a habitual offender, to life imprisonment without possibility of parole.

The appellant's trial began on April 24, 1992, and recessed for lunch. The appellant, who was free on $10,000 bond, failed to return to the courtroom after the lunch recess. Upon a finding that the appellant had voluntarily absented himself from the proceedings, the trial court issued a bond forfeiture order and a capias warrant for the appellant's arrest, and continued the trial in the appellant's absence. The appellant was…