Legal Opinion
Tinsley v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided February 24, 2005No. 00-CF-790, 02-CO-80PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM **:
The issue in this appeal is whether Ronald Tinsley’s Sixth Amendment right to a *870public trial was infringed upon when the trial judge ordered certain spectators out of the courtroom.1 The judge excluded the spectators to protect an intimidated prosecution witness and enable her to testify truthfully. We affirm'.
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Ronald Tinsley was charged with the fatal stabbing pf Carlis Walker on a public sidewalk in the presence of several yvit-nesses. One of those witnesses, Renee Sadler-Wilson (“Sadler”), identified Tins-ley to both the police and the grand jury as the person whom she saw…
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