Longus v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
1Opinion of the CourtGreene, J.
In this case, we are asked to determine whether the trial judge’s decision to exclude two spectators from the courtroom during the testimony of a -witness, at the trial of Kenneth Longus, violated his Sixth Amendment right to a public trial. In resolving that question, we must consider whether the “substantial reasons” standard for partial courtroom closures1 or, instead, the “overriding interests” standard for courtroom closures, as announced by the United States Supreme Court in Waller v. Georgia, 467 U.S. 39, 104 S.Ct. 2210, 81 L.Ed.2d 31 (1984), is the appropriate test for a judge to…
Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.
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