United States Eighth Circuit

Defendant's conviction for aggravated sexual abuse is reversed and remanded for a new trial where the district court violated defendant's Sixth Amendment right to a public trial when it closed the courtroom during the testimony of the child victims in the case.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/22/2006
• Published 02/22/2006

Judges

• MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge., Before MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, BEAM, and RILEY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Paul C. Engh, argued, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Erica H. MacDonald, argued, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for appellee.