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Judge orders Nacchio to appear in court to waive his right to appear in court

By Douglas A. Berman

Somewhere Franz Kafka is smiling (or crying).  As detailed in this Denver Post article, a prominent white-collar defendant has been ordered to appear in federal court in order to be able to effectively waive his right to appear in federal court: Joe Nacchio, currently serving time in Minersville, Pa., for criminal insider trading, could soon make a public appearance in Denver ? in prison clothes. A federal judge Tuesday ordered the former Qwest chief executive to appear at a hearing in U.S. District Court in Denver to ensure that Nacchio's planned waiver of his right to attend his resentencing is "voluntary and informed." U.S. District Judge Marcia Krieger said she wants Nacchio to be transported "at the earliest possible time," though a date for the hearing has not been set...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on April 14, 2010 (boomark / email).