A federal appellate court in Atlanta has affirmed the conviction of a bank robber who refused to attend his own trial after embracing a fringe political movement known as “sovereign citizenry.”
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit upheld the bank robbery conviction of Ronn Darnell Sterling, finding that he was so disruptive that he had waived his right to be present at his trial last year. Sterling had refused to leave his cell, claiming he “wanted nothing to do with” the trial, and repeated “nonsensical phrases” in response to both questions and warnings from the trial judge on the trial’s opening day, according to the panel.
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