No. 20-7336

Donovan Jonathan Tillman v. Florida

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2021-03-05
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-rights courtroom-access criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing pretrial-hearing public-trial-clause sixth-amendment state-court-decision witness-exclusion
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Latest Conference: 2021-04-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the state court, contrary to rulings of this Court and of the supreme and intermediate appellate courts of other states, violate the Public Trial Clause by excluding Petitioner's mother from the courtroom during his pretrial evidentiary hearing and his trial

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Did the state court, contrary to rulings of this Court and of the supreme and intermediate appellate courts of other states, violate the Public Trial Clause by excluding Petitioner’s mother from the courtroom during his pretrial evidentiary hearing and his trial. i

Docket Entries

2021-04-05
Petition DENIED.
2021-03-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/1/2021.
2021-03-11
Waiver of right of respondent State of Florida to respond filed.
2021-02-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 5, 2021)

Attorneys

Donovan Jonathan Tillman
Gary Lee CaldwellOffice of Public Defender, Petitioner
State of Florida
Celia A. Terenzio — Respondent