Daniel P. Roberts v. State of Maine

MAINE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT Reporter of Decisions Decision:

2014 ME 125

Docket: And-13-398 Argued: September 10, 2014 Decided: November 6, 2014 Panel: SAUFLEY, C.J., and ALEXANDER, SILVER, MEAD, JABAR, and HJELM, JJ. DANIEL P. ROBERTS v. STATE OF MAINE SILVER, J. [¶1] Daniel P. Roberts appeals from an order of the Superior Court (Androscoggin 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…