Legal Opinion
Harold S. Cross v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided November 14, 1963No. 17775_1PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WRIGHT, Circuit Judge.
Appellant was convicted of assault on a police officer. 22 D.C.Code § 505(a). During his trial his counsel advised the court that the defendant had declined to return to the courtroom. At the time the defendant was in the custody of the United States Marshal in a room adjacent to the courtroom. The court ordered the trial to “proceed with the defendant in absentia.”1 Appellant asks reversal of his conviction, asserting that under the Constitution an accused in custody cannot waive his right to be present at his trial, that in any event he had not validly waived his right…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Carnley v. CochranSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Diaz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Hopt v. People of Territory of UtahSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Lewis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
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3Cited by64 opinions
- Taylor v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Charles William Proffitt v. Louie L. Wainwright, Secretary, Florida Department of Offender RehabilitationCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- United States v. George Crutcher, Hampton C. Hazel, Also Known as Robert Jones, and John PayneCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969
- United States v. Clayborne Jamison, Jr., United States of America v. Clayborne Jamison, Sr.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
- United States v. Paul F. GregorioCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1974
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