Legal Opinion
MATTER OF UNITED PRESS ASSNS. v. Valente
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 31, 1954PublishedCited by 120 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFuld, J.
Decision in this case has been held up for some months to permit the appeal in People v. Jelke to reach us and be argued; it has now been heard and, indeed, decided today. Both that case and this one involve the order made by Judge Valente excluding the general public and the press from the courtroom during a large part of the trial.
In People v. Jelke (308 N. Y. 56), the question presented was whether that exclusionary order operated to deprive defendant Jelke of his right to a public trial. We held that it did. On this appeal, the issue is whether members of the public at large, including…
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