public-trial-right

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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 Does the plainly erroneous exclusion of the public from jury selection in a criminal trial seriously affect the fairness, integrity, and public reputa…
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 Whether the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit improperly applied Weaver v. Massachusetts and AEDPA, and whether the Michigan trial court violated…
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 Whether the violation of the public trial provisions of the Sixth Amendment constitutes a structural error requiring automatic reversal under the plai…
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