United States Court of Military Appeals· 9/24/1987

United States v. Travers

Citations

25 M.J. 61
1987 CMA LEXIS 3969

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applying an abuse of discretion standard and stating that “[t]he question of whether ‘an overriding interest’ [necessitating closure] exists lies in the sound discretion of the military judge”
describing the abuse of discretion standard within the context of a military judge’s decision not to close the trial to the public upon the motion of an accused
to find an abuse of discretion, the challenged action must be arbitrary, fanciful, clearly unreasonable, or clearly erroneous
abuse of discretion occurs when a military judge exercises his discretion based on incorrect principles of law
where record contains nothing to support either side of a defense motion to close the trial, military judge’s ruling sustained
“[W]e will not substitute our judgment for that of the military judge who was present in the courtroom and familiar with the sense of what was happening at the time of the [events].”

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Judges: Cox, Everett, Sullivan

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