COMMONWEALTH v. LAVOIE

No. SJC-11106.

464 Mass. 83 (2013)

COMMONWEALTH v. MATTHEW G. LAVOIE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

January 11, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hallie White Speight , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Leslie W. O'Brien for the defendant. The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

Edmund D. LaChance, Jr., pro se.

Richard C. Felton, pro se.

Timothy J. Cruz , District Attorney, & Mary Lee , Assistant District Attorney, for District Attorney for the Plymouth District.

Donald A. Harwood for Committee for Public Counsel Services.

Present: IRELAND, C.J., SPINA, CORDY, BOTSFORD, GANTS, & DUFFLY, JJ.


IRELAND, C.J.

We granted the Commonwealth's application for further appellate review to consider whether a Superior Court judge properly denied the defendant's motion for a new trial, in which he claimed that his right to a public trial was violated when his counsel failed to object to the exclusion of family members from the court room during jury selection. The Appeals Court concluded that the defendant's right to a public...

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