United States v. Michael McCoy

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• holding that the defendant's interests were adequately protected by his counsel's presence at the conference and that the defendant's \absence from the conferences did not detract from his defense or in any other way affect the fundamental fairness of his trial\
• “[a] jury charge conference and sidebar discussions where only questions of law were addressed are not ‘material’ ” stages of trial triggering a defendant’s right to be present
• “McCoy’s interests were sufficiently protected by his counsel’s presence at the conferences. McCoy therefore had no due process right to attend.”

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