Legal Opinion
State v. Bauer
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided July 16, 2014No. 26719PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
GILBERTSON, Chief Justice.
[¶ 1.] Appellant Jeremy Bauer was convicted by a Pennington County jury of fírst-degree rape against I.T., who was nine years old at the time of the crime. At trial, the State moved to close the courtroom during I.T.’s testimony to all but the parties, the media, and the State’s victim-witness assistant. Bauer’s attorney did not object. On appeal, Bauer argues that the closure violated his right to a public trial. Specifically, Bauer asserts that a defendant must personally waive the right to a public trial. Additionally, Bauer argues that the trial court committed…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Waller v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Taylor v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Bauer v. GlaserDistrict Court, D. South Dakota · 2018