# DeBruce v. State

> Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · March 5, 1993 · 651 So. 2d 599

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9934647

## Case

- **Full name:** Derrick Anthony Debruce v. State.
- **Court:** Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
- **Decided:** March 5, 1993
- **Citations:** 651 So. 2d 599; 1993 WL 56273
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Montiel
- **Judges:** Bowen, Montiel
- **Cited by:** 89 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## Opinion text

I dissent from the majority's holding in part VII of the opinion that the appellant's absence from a pretrial hearing and a number of motion hearings is not reversible error. I adhere to my dissent in Harris v. State , 632 So.2d 503
(Ala.Crim.App. 1992).

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