E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:
Doug Krout was convicted, in absentia, on a charge of possession of more than fifty kilograms of marijuana with intent to distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(C). Krout was in the courtroom when the jury was selected, but the jury was not sworn until trial resumed several days later. By then, he was gone. He simply failed to appear on the day that the government was scheduled to start presenting its...
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