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Issue: public trial errorMA ↗
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13.4 score
“conducting jury selection in open court permits members of the public to observe trial proceedings and promotes fairness in the judicial system”
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Top citers, strongest first. 7 distinct citers.
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Cited as authority (quoted)
Commonwealth v. White
conducting jury selection in open court permits members of the public to observe trial proceedings and promotes fairness in the judicial system
discussed
Cited "see"
Commonwealth v. Robinson
See Commonwealth v. Lavoie , 464 Mass. 83 , 89 n.11, 981 N.E.2d 192 , cert. denied, 569 U.S. 981 , 133 S.Ct. 2356 , 185 L.Ed.2d 1080 (2013) (noting that defendant's claim was factually different from claim in Cohen (No. 1) "in at least one important respect: Cohen's defense counsel objected to the court room closure at his trial").
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Cited "see"
Commonwealth v. Cadet
See Commonwealth v. Lavoie, 464 Mass. 83 , 89-90 & n.12 (2013), cert. denied, 133 S. Ct. 2356 (2013), and cases cited. 6 The decision in Owens v. United States, 483 F.3d 48, 66 (1st Cir. 2007), was issued on April 12, 2007; trial in this case began April 30, 2007, and empan-elment commenced on May 1. 7 The judge commented particularly that the court room door had not been locked, as one affidavit stated; it was not his practice to have court officers stand in the doorway, barring access to the court room, as an affidavit maintained had occurred; and court officers did not repeatedly leave the …
cited
Cited "see"
Commonwealth v. Botelho
See Commonwealth v. Lavoie, 464 Mass. 83, 89 , cert, denied, 133 S. Ct. 2356 (2013). 3 The judge was not limited to the specific language requested by the defendant.
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Cited "see"
Commonwealth v. LaChance
(4×)
See id. at 87 n.8 (distinguishing between waiver of right and 1 When a court room is closed but a defendant has waived his right to a public trial, there is no violation of the right.
cited
Cited "see"
Commonwealth v. Denehy
Accord Commonwealth v. Lavoie, 464 Mass. 83, 89-90 , c ert. denied, 133 S. Ct. 2356 (2013).
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Cited "see, e.g."
Commonwealth v. Maldonado
(2×)
See, e.g., Commonwealth v. Hardy, 464 Mass. 660, 663 , cert. denied, 133 S. Ct. 2356 (2013) (complete closure of court room during jury selection); Commonwealth v. Caldwell, 459 Mass. 271, 282 (2011) (one or two spectators removed from court room after alleged threat to court officers).
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Flora GJURA
v.
Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General.
v.
Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General.
No. 12–1147..
Supreme Court of the United States.
May 13, 2013.
Published
Citer courts: Massachusetts Appeals Court (1)
Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied.