Legal Opinion
United States v. Desmond Charles Lawrence
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 27, 2001No. 00-4278PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Vacated and remanded for sentencing by published opinion. Chief Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge WIDENER and Judge JACKSON joined.
OPINION
WILKINSON, Chief Judge:
In this case, we must decide whether Rule 43 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure requires a defendant to be physically present at the imposition of sentence, or whether the rule permits a defendant to appear via video teleconference. On March 22, 2000 the district court sentenced Desmond Lawrence to 360 months in prison for two counts of bank robbery. Lawrence appeared in the Columbia, South Carolina courtroom…
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