James W. Hutchins v. Sam P. Garrison, Warden Central Prison and State of North Carolina

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• holding that a waiver of the right to a public trial is effective only if it is “an intentional relinquishment of a known right or privilege”
• holding the defendant knowingly and intelligently waived his right to a public trial
• rejecting ineffective assistance of counsel claim where defendant’s trial counsel had moved to withdraw due to lack of communication with defendant allegedly stemming from defendant’s distrust based on defense counsel’s earlier service as assistant district attorney

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).