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                                     4.5
                    REQUIRED PRESENCE AT PRETRIAL HEARINGS


Unless a disposition of the case is entered into at the first appearance
hearing or arraignment, a pretrial hearing shall be scheduled and held.
Defendant and all counsel must be present at any pretrial hearing. Failure of
the defendant to appear may result in the issuance of a bench warrant.
	

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