WEAVER v. MASSACHUSETTS

No. 16-240.

137 S.Ct. 1899 (2017)

582 U.S. 286

Kentel Myrone WEAVER, Petitioner v. MASSACHUSETTS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 22, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael B. Kimberly , Washington, DC, for Petitioner.

Randall E. Ravitz , Boston, MA, for Respondent.

Ann O'Connell for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the respondent.

Ruth Greenberg , Law Office of Ruth Greenberg, Swampscott, MA, Eugene R. Fidell , Yale Law School , Supreme Court Clinic, New Haven, CT, Michael B. Kimberly , Charles A. Rothfeld , Andrew J. Pincus , Paul W. Hughes , Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, DC, for Petitioner.

Maura Healey , Attorney General of Massachusetts, Elizabeth N. Dewar , State Solicitor, Randall E. Ravitz , Thomas E. Bocian , Assistant Attorneys General, John P. Zanini , Special Assistant Attorney General, Boston, MA, for Respondent.


During petitioner's trial on state criminal charges, the courtroom was occupied by potential jurors and closed to the public for two days of the jury selection process. Defense counsel neither objected to the closure at trial nor raised the issue on direct review. And the case comes to the Court...

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