United States Second Circuit

Denial of plaintiff's writ of habeas corpus is affirmed over his claim that his right to a public trial was violated when the state trial court effected a limited courtroom closure during the testimony of a confidential informant.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/23/2005
• Published 08/23/2005

Judges

• B.D. PARKER, JR., Circuit Judge., Before:  CALABRESI, KATZMANN, B.D. PARKER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Amy Irene Donner (Andrew C. Fine, on the brief), The Legal Aid Society, Criminal Appeals Bureau, New York, NY, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Traci R. Wilkerson, Assistant District Attorney (John M. Castellano, Assistant District Attorney, on the brief), for Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Queens County, Kew Gardens, NY, for Respondents-Appellees.