Santos Peter Murillo, aka Peter Santos Murillo v. United States
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure
Is there a 'triviality' exception to the First Amendment's and Sixth Amendment's public trial requirement, and, if so, was a hearing regarding Government discrimination against a potential juror 'trivial' such that it could be conducted in a closed back room from which the public was excluded?
QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Is there a “triviality” exception to the First Amendment’s and Sixth Amendment’s public trial requirement, and, if so, was a hearing regarding Government discrimination against a potential juror “trivial” such that it could be conducted in a closed back room from which the public was excluded? 2. Whether a police officer violated the Fourth Amendment when, without a warrant, he lifted up a floor mat of a car to inspect an object he thought might be a gun? i PARTIES All