United States Eighth Circuit

Defendant's child pornography conviction is reversed where the district court excluded defendant from trial in violation of the Sixth Amendment, because a trial judge may control disruptive talking during a trial, but an absolute ban on the defendant talking to counsel was, in some circumstances, a violation of the defendant's right to counsel.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/29/2010
• Published 03/29/2010

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• United States Eighth Circuit

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