Legal Opinion
Wilcox v. United States
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided August 5, 1975No. N-75-112, B-75-160, B-75-161 and B-75-190PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
NEWMAN, District Judge.
Petitioners’ motions, all brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255, present the single question whether they were deprived of any rights when they were absent from the courtroom during several days of hearings on pre-trial motions prior to their joint trial on federal bank robbery charges. 1 Petitioners claim, in letters submitted to this Court without the assistance of counsel, that the conduct of the hearings in their absence was in violation of the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution and Fed.R. Crim.P. 43, and that they are therefore…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- Henry v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- United States v. John Tortora, United States of America v. Samuel SantoroCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
- United States v. Richard Albert JenkinsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
- United States v. Henry BellCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
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3Cited by3 opinions
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