State v. Ritch, 22706
| Decision Date | 13 April 1987 |
| Docket Number | No. 22706,22706 |
| Citation | 292 S.C. 75,354 S.E.2d 909 |
| Court | South Carolina Supreme Court |
| Parties | The STATE, Respondent, v. Rodney Lee RITCH, Appellant. |
Asst. Appellate Defender Tara D. Shurling, of S.C. Office of Appellate Defense, Columbia, for appellant.
Atty. Gen. T. Travis Medlock, Asst. Atty. Gen. Harold M. Coombs, Jr., Columbia, and Sol. Holman C. Gossett, Spartanburg, for respondent.
Appellant contends that the trial judge erred in proceeding with his trial in absentia. We agree.
The trial judge failed to find that appellant had received notice of his right to be present at trial and a warning that he would be tried in his absence should he fail to attend, as required by Criminal Practice Rule 3. This was error. State v. Jackson, 288 S.C. 94, 341 S.E.2d 375 (1986); State v. Fleming, 287 S.C. 268, 335 S.E.2d 814 (Ct.App.1985). Accordingly, we reverse and remand for a new trial.
REVERSED AND REMANDED.
CHANDLER, J., not participating.
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