Stanko v. Domina

How courts have described this case

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

• holding right to a public trial was violated when judge entered jury room to issue a supplemental instruction
• “The reason for the order is to allow the jury to be instructed without being distracted by the comings and goings of the audience”
• “it is customary in the trial court for judges to order that no person may enter or leave the courtroom while the judge is instructing the jury”
• no valid waiver where counsel, without discussing the right to public trial with the defendant, waived the defendant’s right to be present when the judge gave instructions to the jury in the deliberation room

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).