Presley v. Georgia, No. 09-5270
In a drug trafficking prosecution, the state supreme court's affirmance of defendant's conviction is reversed where the trial court failed to consider all reasonable alternatives to closure when it excluded defendant's uncle from the voir dire proceedings, in violation of defendant's Sixth Amendment right to a public trial.
Read Presley v. Georgia, No. 09-5270
Appellate Information
Filed January 19, 2010
Judges
Per Curiam
Dissent by Justice Thomas