By failing to include a defendant in conversations about his sentencing, a Connecticut district court judge violated his Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit found.
“The district court’s conduct violated [Jorge Luis] Morales’ Fifth Amendment right to be present at all critical stages of his criminal proceeding,” the court wrote in its May 4 decision. The case was remanded to the federal courts for resentencing. No date has been set.
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