Legal Opinion
Capital Newspapers Division of Hearst Corp. v. Moynihan
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 4, 1988PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Kaye, J.
The youthful offender law (CPL art 720) does not vest courts with discretion to conduct private sentencing proceedings in felony cases. Those proceedings, as all court sittings, are presumptively open to the public and the press. We therefore affirm the Appellate Division judgment which — in a *266manslaughter case and an arson case — declared illegal both courtroom closures that were based solely upon the fact that the defendants were youthful offenders.
The first of the two cases before us involves Dawn Maria C. who, after widely publicized pretrial and trial…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court of Cal., County of RiversideSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- People v. CruickshankAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
- People v. DraytonNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- People v. Dawn Maria C.New York Court of Appeals · 1986
- Westchester Rockland Newspapers, Inc. v. LeggettNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
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3Cited by26 opinions
- United States v. Malik Driskell, Also Known as Max Del ValleCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2002
- United States v. Mateo Cuello, A/K/A "Matthew Cuello,"Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2004
- People v. FrancisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016
- Castiglione v. James F.Q.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014
- In re Ruben R.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
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