U.S. v. SMITH

Docket No. 03-1588.

426 F.3d 567 (2005)

UNITED STATES of America Appellee v. Wendell SMITH Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: October 17, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence L. Kasperek, Rochester, NY, for Defendant-Appellant.

Bradley E. Tyler, Assistant United States Attorney (for Michael A. Battle, United States Attorney for the Western District of New York), Rochester, NY, for Appellee.

Before: WINTER, SOTOMAYOR, B.D. PARKER, Circuit Judges.


B.D. PARKER, JR., Circuit Judge.

This appeal requires us to consider whether post-September 11th security measures implemented by the United States Marshals Service at the entrance to a federal building complex in Rochester, New York containing courtrooms and other non-judicial governmental facilities violated Defendant-Appellant Wendell Smith's First or Sixth Amendment rights. We hold that Smith's Sixth Amendment right to a public trial was not violated by the requirement...

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