United States Seventh Circuit
US v. Blagojevich, 10-2359
In the criminal prosecution of former Illinois Governor Blagojevich, a district court's denial of motion to intervene brought by newspaper organizations and other media groups, claiming that the names of jurors should be released as soon as the jurors are seated, rather than being released at the end of trial, is reversed and the deferred-disclosure order vacated as, before it can be determined whether the district judge abused his discretion in thinking that the presumption in favor of releasing jurors' names as soon as they are seated has been overcome, a hearing must be held so that the justification for and alternatives to the delayed release can be addressed.
Appellate Information
- Argued 06/29/2010
- Decided 07/02/2010
- Published 07/02/2010
Judges
Court
- United States Seventh Circuit