Legal Opinion

United States v. Desmond Charles Lawrence

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided November 19, 1998No. 97-4176PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Affirmed in part and vacated and remanded for resentencing by published opinion. Judge WIDENER wrote the opinion, in which Judge HAMILTON and Judge FRIEDMAN joined.

OPINION

WIDENER, Circuit Judge:

Desmond Lawrence appeals to this court following his conviction and sentencing on one count of attempted bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and a second count of bank larceny in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(b). Lawrence raises a number of issues on appeal, the principal of which are error based on the fact that he voluntarily left the courtroom during the trial, and error regarding the…

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