Appellate Court of Illinois· 4/30/1993

People v. Taylor

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612 N.E.2d 543
244 Ill. App. 3d 460
183 Ill. Dec. 891

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finding that exclusion of defendant’s family members during voir dire to prevent juror contamination was facially valid but defendant’s right to public trial was violated since the record failed to show likelihood of such
first part of test not met where there was not “a scintilla of evidence” that defendant’s siblings would attempt to influence jurors
first part of test not met where there was not “a scintilla of evidence” that defendant’s siblings would attempt to influence jurors
it was error to exclude the defendant’s siblings from the courtroom during voir dire and, “even though the violation came during the jury selection process, it is impossible to separate that part from the rest of the trial[,]” so a new trial was ordered

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Judges: Bowman

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