United States v. Bridgette Bradford

How courts have described this case

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• stating that “the defendant’s contumacious conduct . . . may support a district court’s decision to proceed with trial” in the defendant’s absence
• joining “every other circuit to address the issue” in holding that a trial commences under Rule 43 when the jury selection process begins
• finding waiver voluntary where the record demonstrated that the defendant understood possible consequences of failing to appear and still elected not to appear
• rejecting the idea that a trial in absentia is only appropriate in multi-defendant cases
• \[E]very other circuit to address the issue . . . [has] held that a trial commences under Rule 43 when jury selection begins.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).