PRESENCE-OF-DEFENDANT RULE

By SovConn | July 27, 2014

presence-of-defendant rule. The principle that a felony defendant is entitled to be present at every major stage of the criminal proceeding. Fed. R. Crim. P. 43. [Cases: Criminal Law 636. C.J.S. Criminal Law § 1161.]

[Blacks Law 8th]

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