What is a defendant's right to be personally present at trial?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Robinson, D074853 (Cal. App. 2020):

"A criminal defendant, broadly stated, has a right to be personally present at trial under various provisions of law, including the confrontation clause of the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, as applied to the states through the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment; the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment itself; section 15 of article I of the California Constitution; and sections 977 and 1043 of the Penal Code." (People v. Waidla (2000) 22 Cal.4th 690, 741.) Further, section 1193 establishes a defendant's right to be present at the pronouncement of judgment.

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