ROVINSKY v. McKASKLE

No. 82-1577.

722 F.2d 197 (1984)

Sol Shearn ROVINSKY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Dan V. McKASKLE, Acting Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Opinion on Rehearing March 12, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald L. Goranson, Dallas, Tex., for petitioner-appellant.

Charles A. Palmer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

Before RUBIN, TATE, and JOLLY, Circuit Judges.


Opinion on Rehearing En Banc March 12, 1984.

ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

Without advancing any reasons for doing so, a state court conducting a criminal trial held a hearing in chambers on the state's motion to restrict the cross-examination of a prosecution witness despite the defendant's objection to the procedure as violating his right to a public trial, imminent in the process due him under the fourteenth amendment...

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