State ex rel. Smith v. District Court of Eighth Judicial District

Defendant Daniel Smith applied to this Court for a writ of supervisory control after respondent, the Eighth Judicial District Court, Judge Roth presiding, denied defendant’s motion to exclude public and press from a pretrial suppression hearing. By his application, defendant seeks alternative relief: either (1) an order reversing the District Court’s decision and closing defendant’s pretrial suppression hearing until the motion to suppress is denied or the case is complete; or (2) an order vacating the District Court’s order and remanding the cause for a full evidentiary hearing on…