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OKONKWO v. LACY

No. 94 Civ. 4962 (SAS).

895 F.Supp. 571 (1995)

Charles OKONKWO, Petitioner, v. Peter LACY, Respondent.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

As Amended on Denial of Motion for Reargument August 22, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laura Rossi-Ortiz, Karl E. Pflanz, Office of Appellate Defender, New York City, for petitioner Charles Okonkwo.

Vida M. Alvy, Asst. Atty. Gen., Office of Atty. Gen., New York City, for respondent Peter Lacy, Superintendent of Bare Hill Correctional Facility.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.

Petitioner Charles Okonkwo, a New York State prisoner, filed this petition for a writ of habeas corpus ("Pet.") pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner challenges his 1990 state court conviction, asserting that his Fourteenth Amendment rights and his Sixth Amendment right to a public trial were violated. He argues that the trial court's order to close the courtroom during the testimony...

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