Legal Opinion
Purvis v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 18, 2011No. S10G0664PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUNSTEIN, Chief Justice.
We granted certiorari to determine whether the Court of Appeals erred when it concluded that appellant Bobby Carroll Purvis’s right to a public trial was not violated by the holding of his trial in the county jail. See Purvis v. State, 301 Ga. App. 648 (3) (689 SE2d 53) (2009). Because appellant produced unrebutted evidence that jail authorities excluded from the jail courtroom appellant’s brother, a member of the public who wanted to attend appellant’s trial, in violation of his rights under the Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution and Art. I, Sec. I,…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- In Re OliverSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- State v. NdinaWisconsin Supreme Court · 2009
- Peter Vidal v. Joseph Williams, Superintendent of Fulton Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1994
- Kesler v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
- R. W. Page Corp. v. LumpkinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
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3Cited by19 opinions
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