People v. Lofton

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a section 115-10 hearing was a “critical stage”
• stating that an attorney has no power to waive a defendant’s right to be present
• finding that the “defendant’s presence at the section 115-10 hearing would have been useful in ensuring a more reliable determination as to the admissibility of [the alleged victim’s] statements”
• stating that “a defendant is guaranteed the right to be present at any stage of the criminal proceeding that is critical to its outcome if his presence would contribute to the fairness of the procedure”
• finding the trial court preventing defendant from viewing testifying witness at all fell outside of the narrow exception in Craig
• deelin-ing to apply Stincer where competency hearing included questioning about events that took place at time of erime

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).