Legal Opinion
People v. Kan
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 11, 1991PublishedCited by 174 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Bellacosa, J.
This appeal by the People involves gang-related, large-scale drug trafficking in the Chinatown section of New York City. The case pits defendant Kin Kan’s constitutional right to a public trial against the trial court’s closure of the courtroom to all spectators, including her family, over her objection, during the testimony of the key cooperating witness-accomplice to her crime. The closure as it pertains to Kan, involving the exclusion of her family from the courtroom, violated her constitutional right to a public trial and, for that reason alone, we affirm…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- In Re OliverSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Waller v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court of Cal., Riverside Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
- People v. HintonNew York Court of Appeals · 1972
- New York Rapid Transit Corp. v. City of New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
13 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by174 opinions
- People v. MartinezNew York Court of Appeals · 1993
- Kathleen A. Braun v. Barbara PowellCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
- Sloley v. VanBramerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2019
- People v. KonstantinidesNew York Court of Appeals · 2009
- Andre Brown v. Robert Kuhlmann, Superintendent of Sullivan Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1998
169 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.