United States Seventh Circuit

Defendant did not waive his right to a public trial by failing to object at the trial, two-thirds of which was held after-hours in a locked courthouse. District court erred in denying his habeas petition.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/11/2003
• Decided 03/17/2004
• Published 03/17/2004

Judges

• BAUER, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, POSNER, and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• William Paxton (argued), Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Washington, DC, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael M. Glick (argued), Linda Woloshin, Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Respondent-Appellee.