Defendants in the United States whom are charged with felonies may lose their right to be present at their trial under what situations?
What will be an ideal response?
The two situations are; if the defendant is present at the commencement of a criminal trial but flees during the trial, Rule 43 (c) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure treats the mid-trial flight as "a knowing and voluntary waiver of the right to be present". Crosby, 506 U.S. at 261 . The trial may then proceed without the presence of the defendant in such a case; secondly, if a defendant continuously disrupts the criminal trial, a trial judge may rule (after warning the defendant) that the defendant has waived the right to be present in the courtroom. The defendant would then be paced in another room and observe the trial from there.
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