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GONZALEZ v. QUINONES

Docket No. 99-2372

211 F.3d 735 (2000)

Mario GONZALEZ, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Pedro QUINONES, Superintendent, Mt. McGregory Correctional Facility, and Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General of New York, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: May 4, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lori L. Shellenberger, Legal Aid Society, Criminal Appeals Bureau, New York, NY, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Sholom J. Twersky, Assistant District Attorney, Kings County (Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, and Roseann B. MacKechnie, Assistant District Attorney on the brief) for Respondents-Appellees.

Before: OAKES, LEVAL and SACK, Circuit Judges.

LEVAL, Judge:

Petitioner Mario Gonzalez filed a habeas corpus petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 contending that his Sixth Amendment right to a public trial was violated when a court officer at his state court trial, unbeknownst to the trial judge, locked the doors to the courtroom for a period that encompassed the testimony of two witnesses. This occurred as the result of a misunderstanding of the unusual procedure described below. The United States District Court...

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