Appellate Court of Illinois· 8/15/1995

People v. Willis

Citations

654 N.E.2d 571
211 Ill. Dec. 109
274 Ill. App. 3d 551
1995 Ill. App. LEXIS 621

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“The sixth amendment protects all portions of the trial, including voir dire, and the appropriate remedy for improper closure is a new trial.”
trial court could have admonished prospective jurors and spectators to refrain from contact or stationed bailiff next to venire to deter contact
where defendant’s brother had previously threatened state witness, this might justify exclusion of brother from voir dire, but not other family members
trial court could have admonished prospective jurors and spectators to refrain from contact or stationed bailiff next to venire to deter contact
where defendant’s brother had previously threatened state witness, this might justify exclusion of brother from voir dire, but not other family members
closure of the courtroom to the defendant’s family members during voir dire violated his right to a public trial “and the appropriate remedy for improper closure is a new trial”

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