Presley v. Georgia

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 trial court impermissibly closed voir dire to family members because it failed to consider all reasonable alternatives to that closure
• holding that these standards apply before excluding the public from any stage of a criminal trial
• recognizing that “trial courts are required to consider alternatives to elosure[,] even when they are not offered by the parties”
• recognizing that safety concerns and threats could certainly be concrete enough reasons to warrant closing a trial
• recognizing that safety concerns and threats could certainly be concrete enough reasons to warrant closing a trial
• holding that no part of the trial process is exempt from the public trial guarantee

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

343 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Kerry Heckman, on Behalf of Themselves and All Other Persons Similarly Situated v. Williamson County
  Texas Supreme Court· 2012-06-08· cited 1,134×
• People v. Allgier
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2018-08-23· cited 779×
• People v. Vaughn
  Michigan Supreme Court· 2012-07-09· cited 734×
• Weaver v. Massachusetts
  Supreme Court· 2017-06-22· cited 717×
• State v. Sublett
  Washington Supreme Court· 2012-11-21· cited 310×
• People v. Virgil
  California Supreme Court· 2011-06-30· cited 276×
• State v. Wise
  Washington Supreme Court· 2012-11-21· cited 231×
• Stackhouse v. People
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2015-06-29· cited 222×
• Commonwealth v. Phillips
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-10-28· cited 220×
• People v. E.O.
  California Court of Appeal· 2010-09-29· cited 166×
• Downs v. Lape
  Second Circuit· 2011-09-14· cited 161×
• United States v. Withers
  Ninth Circuit· 2010-08-19· cited 140×
• Martez Bickham v. Thomas Winn
  Sixth Circuit· 2018-04-23· cited 132×
• State v. Turnidge
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2016-05-05· cited 129×
• State v. Wilks (Slip Opinion)
  Ohio Supreme Court· 2018-04-24· cited 127×
• Commonwealth v. Cohen
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2010-02-17· cited 116×
• State v. Paumier
  Washington Supreme Court· 2012-11-21· cited 115×
• Jeremias v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2018-03-01· cited 114×
• People v. Orlewicz
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2011-06-14· cited 102×
• Bucci v. United States
  First Circuit· 2011-10-13· cited 99×

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Waller v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1984-05-21· cited 2,166×
• In Re Oliver
  Supreme Court· 1948-03-08· cited 2,065×
• Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court of Cal., Riverside Cty.
  Supreme Court· 1984-01-18· cited 1,807×
• Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court of Cal., County of Riverside
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-30· cited 1,326×
• Gannett Co. v. DePasquale
  Supreme Court· 1979-07-02· cited 1,226×
• Ayala v. Speckard
  Second Circuit· 1997-12-03· cited 117×
• Abdeslem v. United States Embassy
  Supreme Court· 1998-06-26· cited 23×
• Presley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-03-23· cited 20×
• United States v. Haley
  Supreme Court· 1959-02-24· cited 8×
• Presley v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-02-22· cited 7×