United States v. Ferm

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

GETZENDANNER, District Judge.

This matter is before the court, after hearing, on the court’s notice under Rule 42(b) of the F.R. Cr. P. regarding the failure of the defendant’s attorney, Isaiah S. Gant, to appear at sentencing.

Sentencing of the two co-defendants was set before me on January 19, 1982, at 10:00 a.m. Mr. Gant had actual notice of the time and date of the sentencing. Shortly after 10:00 a.m. on January 19, 1982, the case was called. Present were both defend*34ants, the co-defendant’s attorney, the probation officer who had prepared the presentence reports,…