Coy v. Iowa, No. 86-6757 (U.S. Supreme Court) (487 U.S. 1012; 108 S.Ct. 2798) (June 29, 1988) (Justice Scalia)
The appellant in this case was charged with sexually assaulting two 13-year-old girls. At his jury trial, the state court granted the State's motion, pursuant to a 1985 state statute intended to protect child victims of sexual abuse, to place a screen between appellant and the girls during their testimony, ...
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