WRIGHT, Circuit Judge.
Appellant was convicted of assault on a police officer. 22 D.C.Code § 505(a). During his trial his counsel advised the court that the defendant had declined to return to the courtroom. At the time the defendant was in the custody of the United States Marshal in a room adjacent to the courtroom. The court ordered the trial to "proceed with the defendant in absentia."
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