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· 9/13/2023

Commonwealth v. Marshall, S.

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  • analyzing giving of supplemental instructions to jury when defendant’s counsel was absent as violation of Rule 43 of Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
  • analyzing giving of supplemental instructions to jury when defendant's counsel was absent as violation of Rule 43 of Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
  • jury should have been admonished “that the jury had no sentencing function and should reach its verdict without regard to what sentence might be imposed”
  • \jury [has] no sentencing function and should reach its verdict without regard to what sentence might be imposed\
  • a criminal defendant has the right to be present from the time that a jury is impaneled until it is discharged after rendering the verdict
  • “[A] violation of Rule 43 may in some circumstances be harmless error.”

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Judges: Per Curiam

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