| Docket # | SJC-11106 |
| Date | September 5, 2012 |
| Video | No videorecording available. |
Summary
(prepared by Suffolk University Law School) | Criminal Procedure-- In a motion for new trial after a murder conviction, the defendant claims that he was denied a public trial when court officers asked his family to leave the courtroom during jury selection and his trial attorney did not object to the exclusion. |
| Appealed From | Middlesex Superior Court, Justice Kenneth J. Fishman |
| Briefs | See selection available in PDF format at Supreme Judicial Court website |
Counsel for Appellant
(Appearing) | Lavoie: Leslie W. O'Brien |
Counsel for Appellee
(Appearing) | Commonwealth: James W. Sahakian, Hallie White Speight |
| Amici Curiae | Plymouth County District Attorney; Edmund D. LaChance, Jr., Richard C. Felton; Committee for Public Council Services |
