Legal Opinion
The People v. Joel Nelson
New York Court of Appeals
Decided April 5, 2016No. 45PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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Fahey, J.
Criminal trials naturally provoke an excess of emotion. This may lead to potential disruption by spectators at trial. Nonetheless, it is the obligation of trial courts to protect a defendant’s right to a fair trial, and to ensure that conduct by spectators does not impair that right. On this appeal, we conclude that although the trial court should have taken action when defense counsel objected to T-shirts worn by certain spectators that bore a photograph of the deceased victim, defendant was not deprived of a fair trial.
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Defendant’s conviction stems from the…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- People v. CrimminsNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- Estelle v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Carey v. MusladinSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
- Holbrook v. FlynnSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Taylor v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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3Cited by21 opinions
- State of Tennessee v. Lemaricus Devall DavidsonTennessee Supreme Court · 2016
- People v. BabcockAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
- People v. HolidayAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016
- People v. Serrano-GonzalezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
- People v. AllenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2020
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