United States v. Harry O. Stratton, William D. Riggs and Loy Z. Harrell, United States of America v. Samuel S. Smith

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• recognizing that defendant’s attorney’s presence is relevant to whether defendant was prejudiced by absence from proceeding
• noting that in some instances the absence of a co-conspirator can be prejudicial
• defendant has constitutional right to presence at all stages of trial where his absence might frustrate fairness of proceedings
• defendant has constitutional right to presence at all stages of trial where his absence might frustrate fairness of proceedings
• “A defendant’s interest in being tried only in a district where venue properly lay clearly constitutes a substantial right.” (quotation marks omitted)
• presence of defense counsel relevant to finding harmless error

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).