Punch and Jurists

In Re: Grand Jury, No. 06-3078 (D.C. Cir.) (490 F.3d 978) (June 22, 2007) (Per Curiam) by This in an important decision regarding the secrecy of grand jury proceedings. As everyone knows, defense attorneys are barred from grand jury proceedings; and grand jurors are instructed not to discuss the investigation. …

Britt v. North Carolina, No. 70-5041 (U.S. Supreme Court) (404 U.S. 226; 92 S.Ct. 431) (December 13, 1971) (Justice Marshall) by In this case the Court considered whether an indigent defendant was entitled to a free transcript of his own previous trial, which had ended in a mistrial because the …

Kennedy v. Lockyer, No. 01-55246 (9th Cir.) (379 F.3d 1041) (August 18, 2004) (Judge Stephen Reinhardt) by Here the Ninth Circuit granted a writ of habeas corpus, holding that the state court had erred in not granting the indigent petitioner's request for a complete record from his first trial, causing …

Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court of California, No. 84-1560 (U.S. Supreme Court) (478 U.S. 1; 106 S.Ct. 2735) (June 30, 1986) (Justice Burger) by In this case, the Supreme Court granted certorari to answer the question whether the petitioner had a First Amendment right of access to the transcript of …