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Jackson v. the State

Citations

  • 339 Ga. App. 313
  • 793 S.E.2d 201
  • 2016 Ga. App. LEXIS 619

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that the closure of the courtroom in that case “did not comply with [federal] constitutional requirements because the trial court made no findings adequate to support the closure, including a consideration of reasonable alternatives”
  • acknowledging Globe Newspaper’s recognition of the State’s compelling interest in safeguarding the well-being of minor victims of sex crimes in concluding that total closure of courtroom without adequate findings by trial court violated appellant’s Sixth Amendment rights
  • reversal required for complete courtroom closure during testimony of witness who was 16 years old at the time of trial

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Peterson, Phipps, Dillard

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