COY v. IOWA

No. 86-6757.

487 U.S. 1012 (1988)

COY v. IOWA

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 29, 1988


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Papak, by appointment of the Court, 484 U.S. 810, argued the cause and filed briefs for appellant.

Gordon E. Allen, Deputy Attorney General of Iowa, argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief were Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, and Roxann M. Ryan, Assistant Attorney General.*

Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the State of Connecticut et al. by John J. Kelly, Chief State's Attorney of Connecticut and John M. Massameno, Senior Appellate Attorney, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: John Van de Kamp of California, Charles M. Oberly III of Delaware, Linley E. Pearson of Indiana, Stephen E. Merrill of New Hampshire, Hal Stratton of New Mexico, David Frohnmayer of Oregon, T. Travis Medlock of South Carolina, and W. J. Michael Cody of Tennessee; and for the State of Kentucky et al. by David L. Armstrong, Attorney General of Kentucky, Penny R. Warren and John S. Gillig, Assistant Attorneys General, and by the Attorneys General for their respective jurisdictions as follows: Don Siegelman of Alabama, Grace Berg Schaible of Alaska, Robert K. Corbin of Arizona, John Steven Clark of Arkansas, Duane Woodard of Colorado, Charles M. Oberly III of Delaware, Robert Butterworth of Florida, Warren Price III of Hawaii, Jim Jones of Idaho, Neil F. Hartigan of Illinois, Linley E. Pearson of Indiana, Robert T. Stephan of Kansas, William J. Guste, Jr., of Louisiana, James E. Tierney of Maine, J. Joseph Curran, Jr., of Maryland, Frank J. Kelley of Michigan, Hubert H. Humphrey III of Minnesota, Edwin L. Pittman of Mississippi, William L. Webster of Missouri, Mike Greely of Montana, Brian McKay of Nevada, W. Cary Edwards of New Jersey, Lacy H. Thornburg of North Carolina, Nicholas Spaeth of North Dakota, Robert Henry of Oklahoma, LeRoy S. Zimmerman of Pennsylvania, Roger A. Tellinghuisen of South Dakota, W. J. Michael Cody of Tennessee, David L. Wilkinson of Utah, Jeffrey Amestoy of Vermont, Mary Sue Terry of Virginia, Godfrey R. de Castro of the Virgin Islands, Kenneth O. Eikenberry of Washington, Charlie Brown of West Virginia, and Joseph B. Meyer of Wyoming.

Briefs of amici curiae were filed for the American Bar Association by Robert MacCrate; and for Judge Schudson by Charles B. Schudson, pro se, and Martha L. Minow.


JUSTICE SCALIA delivered the opinion of the Court.

Appellant was convicted of two counts of lascivious acts with a child after a jury trial in which a screen placed between him and the two complaining witnesses blocked him from their sight. Appellant contends that this procedure, authorized by state statute, violated his Sixth Amendment right to confront the witnesses against him.

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