Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 3/26/2004

State v. Torres

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844 A.2d 155
2004 R.I. LEXIS 59
2004 WL 590880

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recognizing “that the Sixth Amendment is not violated every time the public is excluded from a courtroom”; “[a]n unjustified closure may, on its facts, be so trivial as not to violate the Sixth Amendment guarantee”
“The Waller analysis applies as well to the closure of jury-selection proceedings over an accused’s objections”
The exclusion of the defendant’s family during jury empan-elment deprived him of his Sixth Amendment right to a public trial. The conviction was vacated and a new trial ordered.
The exclusion of the defendant's family during jury empanelment deprived him of his Sixth Amendment right to a public trial. The conviction was vacated and a new trial ordered.
where judge excluded defendant’s sisters from jury selection based on space concern and where “record reveals that the courtroom was not completely filled,” closure order was “broader than necessary”; new trial ordered
“physical restrictions” of the courtroom, without more, could not justify exclusion of the defendant’s sisters during jury selection

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Judges: Williams, Flanders, Goldberg, Flaherty, Suttell

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