presence of defendant rule

presence-of-defendant rule. The principle that a felony defendant is entitled to be present at every major stage of the criminal proceeding. Fed. R. Crim. P. 43. [Cases: Criminal Law 636. C.J.S. Criminal Law § 1161.]

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