Supreme Court· 5/21/1984

Waller v. Georgia

Citations

467 U.S. 39
104 S. Ct. 2210
81 L. Ed. 2d 31
1984 U.S. LEXIS 86
52 U.S.L.W. 4618
10 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 1714

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Waller v. Georgia — U.S. Supreme Court case. This entry links to the full opinion in the CourtListener corpus.

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holding that the appropriate remedy for the violation of the public trial right during a pretrial suppression hearing is a new suppression hearing and not necessarily a new trial
holding that, under the Sixth Amendment, a courtroom closure must meet the four-prong test when the accused has objected to the courtroom closure
recognizing that the Sixth Amendment right to a public trial is at least as broad as the public’s First Amendment right recognized in Press-Enterprise
holding that, under the Sixth Amendment, a courtroom closure must meet the four-prong test when the accused has objected to the courtroom closure
holding that a defendant’s public-trial right extends to a pretrial hearing on a motion to suppress
holding that the defendant need not prove specific prejudice when public-trial claim is raised on direct appeal

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Judges: Powell

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