State of Minnesota v. Kemen Lavatos Taylor, II

I respectfully dissent from that part of the court’s decision upholding1- the trial court’s requirement that members of the public provide photo identification in order to attend Taylor’s trial. In State v. Brown, we authorized trial courts to lock courtroom doors during the time when the jury is being instructed. 815 N.W.2d 609, 617-18 (Minn.2012). We extended our approval of locking the courtroom doors to closing arguments in State v. Silvernail, 881 N.W.2d 594, 600-01 (Minn.2013). Today we take another step in our march to limit the public’s access to our courtrooms. While I fully…