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. I In April 1988, a federal gran…
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