Legal Opinion
People v. Frost
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 13, 2003PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ClPARIGK, J.
Defendant in this criminal action claims that various ex parte proceedings deprived him of his constitutional rights to the assistance of counsel and to confront and cross-examine witnesses. He also asserts that closure of the courtroom during the testimony of certain witnesses deprived him of the right to a public trial. A court’s discretion to conduct ex parte proceedings and close a courtroom should be exercised only in the most exceptional and unusual circumstances. After a careful review of the sealed record in this case, we are satisfied that exceptional…
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- People v. MartinezNew York Court of Appeals · 1993
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