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U.S. v. Simmons, No. 13-6273 (6th Cir.) (797 F.3d 409) (August 14, 2015) (Judge R. Guy Jr. Cole)

Loaded on Nov. 23, 2015 published in Punch and Jurists December 14, 2015
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Burden of Proof.

This is an interesting decision in which the Sixth Circuit held that the district court violated the defendant’s Sixth Amendment right to a public trial by excluding three co-defendants from the courtroom during the testimony on one Government witness on the grounds that the witness “might be” threatened or intimidated ...

 

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