JOHN C. PORFILIO, Circuit Judge.
This case presents the question of whether the use of video conferencing at sentencing violates the provision of Fed.R.Crim.P. 43, which requires a defendant to be "present" at the imposition of sentence. While certain exceptions to that mandate are granted in Rule 43(b), none of them explicitly permits the use of video conferencing. Although convinced of the need for and the benefits of technology to facilitate expeditious disposition...
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