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UNITED STATES v. CHAGRA

Nos. 82-1263, 82-1264.

701 F.2d 354 (1983)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Joseph Salim CHAGRA, Defendant-Appellee, v. SAN ANTONIO LIGHT DIVISION OF the HEARST CORP., the Express-News Corporation and Tom Nelson, Movants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 14, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judith R. Blakeway, San Antonio, Tex., for San Antonio Light Div.

Mark Cannan, San Antonio, Tex., for The Express-News Corp. and Nelson.

Tonda F. Rush, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae Reporters Committee for Freedom of Press.

Joseph (Sib) Abraham, Jr., Charles L. Roberts, El Paso, Tex., for Chagra.

Seagal V. Wheatley, San Antonio, Tex., for amicus curiae Seagal V. Wheatley.

Before RUBIN and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges, and DUPLANTIER, District Judge.

ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

The first amendment to the Constitution accords the public and the press the right of access to a criminal trial. We here consider whether that guarantee forbids a district court's closure of a pretrial bail reduction hearing when the defendant, to protect his right to a fair trial, requests that the hearing be held in camera.

I.

In 1979, United States District Judge John H. Wood, Jr. was shot in the back and

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