Legal Opinion
Okonkwo v. Lacy
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 22, 1995No. 94 Civ. 4962 (SAS)PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.
Petitioner Charles Okonkwo, a New York State prisoner, filed this petition for a writ of habeas corpus (“Pet”) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner challenges his 1990 state court conviction, asserting that his Fourteenth Amendment rights and his Sixth Amendment right to a public trial were violated. He argues that the trial court’s order to close the courtroom during the testimony of an undercover police officer called by the prosecution faded to meet any of the four requirements for closure set forth in Waller v. Georgia, 467 U.S.…
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