United States Eleventh Circuit

Defendant who was unable to attend the last week of an eight-week trial due to legitimate illness and hospitalization was entitled to a continuance while he was ill.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/30/2001
• Published 10/30/2001

Judges

• CARNES, Circuit Judge:, Before ANDERSON, Chief Judge, and CARNES and OAKES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Abe Anselheart Bailey,Bailey, Martin & Associates, P.A., Gregory Alan Prebish, Law Office of Gregory Prebish, Joseph W. Gibson, Jr., Miami, FL, William Donald Matthewman, William D. Matthewman, P.A., Boca Raton, FL, John E. Bergendahl, Oscar S. Rodriguez, Miami, FL, Sheryl Joyce Lowenthal, Coral Gables, FL, Jay R. Moskowitz, Sands & Moskowitz, P.A., Coconut Grove, FL, Defendants-Appellants., Lisette Reid, Asst. U.S. Atty., Alexander Angueira, Miami, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.