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PEOPLE v. HAGAN

24 N.Y.2d 395 (1969)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Thomas Hagan, Also Known as Talmadge Hayer, Also Known as Thomas Hayer, Norman Butler, Also Known as Norman 3x Butler and Thomas Johnson, Also Known as Thomas 15x Johnson, Appellants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided April 16, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Bennett Williams, Patrick M. Wall, Harold Ungar and Michael E. Tigar, of the District of Columbia Bar, admitted on motion pro hac vice, for appellants.

Frank S. Hogan, District Attorney (H. Richard Uviller of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge FULD and Judges BURKE, SCILEPPI, KEATING, BREITEL and JASEN concur.

BERGAN, J.

The proof that defendants participated in the assassination of Malcolm X is abundant. The main question of law presented is whether the exclusion of the press and public from the courtroom during a small segment of the trial deprived defendants of their right to a public trial. This right is provided both by the Constitution of the United States and by the statutes of New York.

The exclusion...

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