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WALTON v. BRILEY

No. 01-2928.

361 F.3d 431 (2004)

Johnnie WALTON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Kenneth R. BRILEY, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 17, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Paxton (argued), Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Washington, DC, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Michael M. Glick (argued), Linda Woloshin, Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before BAUER, POSNER, and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.

BAUER, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner-Appellant, Johnnie Walton, brought this action for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(a). He claimed that his trial in the Cook County Circuit Court was conducted in violation of his Constitutional right to a public trial. The district court did not agree and denied the writ. We reverse.

I. BACKGROUND

Johnnie Walton was arrested after delivering a sizeable quantity of phencyclidine, more commonly...

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