Rapid City Journal Co. v. Circuit Court of Seventh Judicial Circuit Within & for Pennington County
South Dakota Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
MORGAN, Justice (on reassignment).
In this original action in certiorari, the Rapid City Journal Company (petitioner) challenges the action of the trial court in closing to the public the jury voir dire portion of a criminal trial for second-degree manslaughter allegedly resulting from an abortion. The closure orders in question had expired by the time the petition for certiorari was filed, but, for reasons later discussed, we agreed to issue the writ and consider the merits of the case. We conclude that the method used by the trial court to exclude the public was improper.
Defendant in the…
Also in this document: Concurrence.
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