Legal Opinion
Daniel P. Roberts v. State of Maine
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided November 6, 2014No. Docket And-13-398PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSilver, J.
[¶ 1] Daniel P. Roberts appeals from an order of the Superior Court (Andros-coggin County, Wheeler, J.) denying his petition for post-conviction review. Because we conclude that Roberts’s Sixth Amendment right to a public trial was not violated during any stage of his 2007 murder trial, we affirm.
I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND
[¶ 2] In December 2005, Roberts was indicted for the murder of Melissa Mendoza, the mother of his child. 1 Roberts pleaded not guilty, and the case proceeded to trial in February 2007. The jury returned a guilty verdict on February 27, 2007. In March 2007, Roberts filed a motion…
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