Wideman v. Garbarino

(Retired).

The petitioner, a juvenile, filed a special action in this court to prevent the respondent judge from allowing the news media and public to attend a transfer hearing 1 in juvenile court. We ordered a stay of proceedings until oral argument could be heard on the petition. After argument, we vacated the stay order, denied the relief sought in the petition, and ordered that the proceedings in juvenile court “proceed in the manner determined by the respondent judge.” We indicated that an opinion would follow in due course. This is that opinion.

The relevant facts are that the petitioner…