Agosta v. Alexander

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• concluding that defendant was “exaggerating his illness” in an effort to postpone the proceedings in his case
• observing that trial court is in superior position to determine whether to proceed in defendant’s absence
• deciding whether to proceed with trial in defendant’s absence, judge should consider “the additional burdens, waste and expense inflicted upon the court, government, witnesses, and co-defendants”
• noting “the public’s interest in seeing the accused brought to trial as well as the court’s responsibility to do so speedily”
• applying abuse of discretion standard to decision on holding trial in absentia
• “the necessity for speedy, detailed and expert agency action in the area of drug technology cannot be disputed”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).