First Circuit· 6/19/2012

United States v. Christi

Citations

682 F.3d 138
2012 WL 2308105
2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 12480

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concluding that the defendant abandoned the right to a public trial by failing to object
holding the defendant waived his public trial argument because defense counsel knew about the closure and failed to object to the closure
finding that where defense counsel failed to speak while judge discussed closure “her silence passed beyond inadvertence or passivity to the point of waiver”
holding that a Sixth Amendment public trial claim can be waived
defendant waived any claim of error in court limiting public access to courtroom during most of jury instructions by counsel’s failure to object
“The structural character means only that if Christi could now raise the issue he would not need to show any particular prejudice if otherwise entitled to relief.”

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Judges: Torruella, Souter, Boudin

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