Legal Opinion
Westchester Rockland Newspapers, Inc. v. Leggett
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 20, 1979PublishedCited by 130 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Wachtler, J.
The petitioner, Westchester Rockland Newspapers, Inc., commenced this proceeding to vacate an order which excluded the public and the press from a pretrial mental competency hearing in a criminal case in which the accused was charged with rape. The order had been entered, at the request of the accused, by the respondent, Judge Russell R. Leggett, who presided at the hearing. The Appellate Division upheld the order and dismissed the petition. Westchester Rockland Newspapers, Inc., has now appealed to this court claiming that the order closing the hearing…
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