United States Fourth Circuit

Rule 43 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure requires a defendant to be physically present at the imposition of sentence, so the rule does not permit a defendant to appear via video teleconference.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/26/2001
• Decided 04/27/2001
• Published 04/27/2001

Judges

• Before WILKINSON, Chief Judge, WIDENER, Circuit Judge, and JACKSON, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Allen Bethea Burnside, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Columbia, SC, for Defendant-Appellant. John Michael Barton, Assistant United States Attorney, Columbia, SC, for Plaintiff-Appellee. ON BRIEF:  J. Rene Josey, United States Attorney, Columbia, SC, for Plaintiff-Appellee.