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CROSBY v. UNITED STATES

No. 91-6194.

506 U.S. 255 (1993)

113 S.Ct. 748

122 L.Ed.2d 25

CROSBY v. UNITED STATES

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 13, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark D. Nyvold, by appointment of the Court, 503 U.S. 934, argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.

Richard H. Seamon argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Starr, Assistant Attorney General Mueller, and Deputy Solicitor General Bryson.*

Blackmun, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.

Justice Blackmun, delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case requires us to decide whether Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 43 permits the trial in absentia of a defendant who absconds prior to trial and is absent at its beginning. We hold that it does not.

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In April 1988, a federal grand jury in the District of Minnesota indicted petitioner Michael Crosby and others on a number of counts of mail fraud. The indictment alleged that Crosby...

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