COMMONWEALTH v. LOPES

No. 12-P-1829.

89 Mass. App. Ct. 560 (2016)

COMMONWEALTH, v. NARDO LOPES.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

June 15, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Derege B. Demissie for the defendant.

Teresa K. Anderson , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: KAFKER, C.J., RUBIN, & AGNES, JJ.


This is the rare case in which a court room closure was ordered over the defendant's objection during jury empanelment, subsequent to the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Owens v. United States, 483 F.3d 48 (1st Cir. 2007). That case and the subsequent...

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