United States v. Raymond E. Smith, Jr.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that “the unusual practice of a judge entering the jury room to speak privately with jurors is almost certain to run afoul of a defendant’s right to be present during trial proceedings.”
• defendant has right to be present at private meeting between judge and jurors but right may be waived
• “The unusual practice of a judge entering the jury room to speak privately with jurors is almost certain to run afoul of a defendant’s right to be present during trial proceedings.”
• “The unusual practice of a judge entering the jury room to speak privately with jurors is almost certain to run afoul of a defendant’s right to be present during trial proceedings.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).