California Court of Appeal

Defendant forfeited right to be present at start of his criminal trial under Penal Code section 1043 by consenting to the start of trial in his absence and by engaging in disruptive conduct prior to trial.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/08/2001
• Published 01/08/2001

Judges

• WEISMAN, J.***

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  William L. Heyman, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, Thousand Oaks, for Defendant and Appellant., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, David P. Druliner, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Carol Wendelin Pollack, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Marc E. Turchin, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Chung L. Mar, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.