United States v. Wallace Jerome Moore

OPINION OF THE COURT

The appellant, Wallace Jerome Moore, was indicted on April 6, 1971 for causing the interstate transportation of a falsely made bank check in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2314. Prior to the commencement of trial, appellant’s counsel advised the trial judge that Moore desired to absent himself from the courtroom or, in the alternative, to appear with a stocking over his head. Although the Government acknowledged that its case depended substantially upon in-court identification of the appellant by the bank teller who had cashed the bogus check, the court denied Moore’s request.

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