What is the effect of defendant's absence from the courtroom?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Brown, 102 Cal.Rptr. 518, 26 Cal.App.3d 825 (Cal. App. 1972):
No point is made of defendant's absence from the courtroom nor, under the circumstances, could any such point be made. (Illinois v. Allen, 397 U.S. 337, 90 S.Ct. 1057, 25 L.Ed.2d 353.)
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