Maciel v. United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

How later courts describe this case

• holding defense counsel’s absence did not constitute “abandonment by the lawyer of his client,” which “would require reversal irrespective of prejudice,” because counsel for co-defendants were present and generally protected the defendant’s interests
• upholding a wiretap order where k judge for the Northern District of Illinois authorized the interception of calls made and received in the Southern District of Illinois