Commercial Printing Co. v. Lee
Supreme Court of Arkansas
1Opinion of the Court
Carleton Harris, Chief Justice.
This litigation arises because of the trial court’s action in permitting voir dire during a criminal trial to be conducted in chambers away from the press and public.
On March 2, 1977, on a change of venue from Arkansas County, the trial of State v. Antonio Clark commenced in the Circuit Court of Lonoke County. According to the abstract, which is rather meager, upon request of the attorneys representing Clark, the voir dire of the prospective jurors was held in chambers with only the court, the prosecuting attorney, the defendant, defendant’s counsel, the court…
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