United States Seventh Circuit

Sentence in absentia for using a counterfeit check is affirmed where the district court took all the necessary steps to ensure that defendant's absence was voluntary, and the evidence overwhelmingly suggested that he had fled the jurisdiction to avoid imprisonment.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/03/2007
• Decided 11/08/2007
• Published 11/08/2007

Judges

• RIPPLE, Circuit Judge., Before COFFEY, RIPPLE and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Brian Hayes (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Terence F. MacCarthy, Gabriel B. Plotkin (argued), Office of the Federal Defender Program, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.