United States Second Circuit

Denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus from a conviction for drug-related offenses is reversed where the trial court's closure order excluding defendant's mother and brother during the testimony of an undercover officer violated his Sixth Amendment right to public trial.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/17/2006
• Published 02/23/2006

Judges

• McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge:, Before:  CARDAMONE, McLAUGHLIN, and B.D. PARKER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Katheryne M. Martone, Legal Aid Society, Criminal Appeals Bureau, New York, N.Y. (Mitchell J. Briskey, on the brief) for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Victor Barall, Assistant District Attorney, for Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Kings County, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove, on the brief) for Respondent-Appellee.