Legal Opinion
Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court of Cal., Riverside Cty.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 18, 1984No. 82-556PublishedCited by 1,700 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Burger
We granted certiorari to decide whether the guarantees of open public proceedings in criminal trials cover proceedings for the voir dire examination of potential jurors.
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Albert Greenwood Brown, Jr., was tried and convicted of the rape and murder of a teenage girl, and sentenced to death in California Superior Court. Before the voir dire examination of prospective jurors began, petitioner, Press-Enterprise Co., moved that the voir dire be open to the public and the press. Petitioner contended that the public had an absolute right to attend the trial, and asserted that the trial commenced…
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