United States Eleventh Circuit

A claim that trial court violated defendant's right to a public trial is not subject to the doctrine of procedural default, which requires a state prisoner seeking federal habeas relief to first raise the issue in the state courts.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/10/2001
• Published 05/10/2001

Judges

• WILSON, Circuit Judge:, Before WILSON and COX, Circuit Judges, and RYSKAMP , District Judge.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Roger C. Appell, Law Offices of Roger C. Appell, Birmingham, AL, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Beth Slate Poe, Alabama Atty. Gen., Montgomery, AL, for Respondents-Appellees.