public-trial-right
4 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23-6648 | Anthony Christopher Mendonca v. United States | Second Circuit | 2024-02-01 | Denied | IFP | constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial first-amendment jury-selection plain-error-review public-trial public-trial-right sixth-amendment structural-error | The Constitution requires "public" criminal trials. U.S. Const. amend. VI. The First Amendment and Sixth Amendment guarantee the community and the def… |
| 22-6160 | Wayland Lynn Dilts v. Mike Brown, Warden | Sixth Circuit | 2022-11-29 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | aedpa aedpa-standard constitutional-violation courtroom-closure due-process public-trial public-trial-right sixth-amendment sixth-circuit weaver-v-massachusetts witness-testimony | This case involves an unprecedented public-trial violation claim like no other brought before this Court. The record here reflects, that during a jury… |
| 20-7889 | Anthony Sistrunk v. United States | Third Circuit | 2021-04-29 | Denied | IFP | plain-error plain-error-review public-trial public-trial-right sixth-amendment structural-error sua-sponte-closure voir-dire waller-v-georgia | In the context of direct appeal, when the district court sua sponte closes the courtroom for the entirety of voir dire and fails to make findings spec… |
| 19-7426 | Joseph Njonge v. Margaret Gilbert, Superintendent | Ninth Circuit | 2020-01-28 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | courtroom-closure prejudice public-trial public-trial-right sixth-amendment trial-procedure triviality-exception voir-dire waller-v-georgia | Whether the "triviality exception" to the Sixth Amendment public-trial right comports with Waller v. Georgia, 467 U.S. 39 (1984), which provides the s… |