IN RE CLOSURE OF JURY VOIR DIRE

Docket No. 156557.

204 Mich. App. 592 (1994)

516 N.W.2d 514

In re CLOSURE OF JURY VOIR DIRE (PEOPLE v. LAWRENCE)

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided April 18, 1994, at 9:40 A.M.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Miller, Johnson, Snell & Cummiskey (by James S. Brady and Stephen R. Ryan), for Booth Newspapers.

Before: SAWYER, P.J., and NEFF and M.J. TALBOT, JJ.


NEFF, J.

Intervenor Booth Newspapers, doing business as The Grand Rapids Press, appeals by leave granted from a circuit court order that barred the public and the press from attending jury voir dire in the underlying criminal case. We reverse that order.

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One week before trial, the trial judge in the underlying criminal case notified the parties' attorneys and the circuit court administrator that he intended to close jury selection to the press and...

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