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MATTER OF POUGHKEEPSIE NEWSPAPERS, INC. v. ROSENBLATT

61 N.Y.2d 1005 (1984)

In the Matter of Poughkeepsie Newspapers, Inc., Appellant, v. Albert M. Rosenblatt, as a Justice of the Supreme Court, et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided March 27, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susanna E. Bedell and James E. Nelson for appellant.

Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Frederick L. Lieberman, Peter H. Schiff, George D. Zuckerman and Melvyn R. Leventhal of counsel), for Albert M. Rosenblatt, respondent.

William Stanton, Special Prosecutor (B. Anthony Morosco of counsel), respondent, precluded.

William M. Kunstler for Lemuel Smith, respondent, precluded.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, JONES, WACHTLER, MEYER, SIMONS and KAYE concur.

MEMORANDUM.

The judgment of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.

This is an article 78 proceeding by petitioner Poughkeepsie Newspapers, Inc., challenging an order of respondent Rosenblatt, Justice of the Supreme Court, excluding the public from a hearing to determine the admissibility of certain evidence in the murder trial of defendant Lemuel Smith. Respondent's closure order was proper for the...

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