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UNITED STATES v. LAYTON

No. CR-80-0416 RFP.

519 F.Supp. 959 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Laurence John LAYTON, Defendant.

United States District Court, N. D. California.

As Amended July 27, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. William Hunter, U. S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., Alan J. Sobol, Sp. Asst. U. S. Atty., Dept. of Justice, Crim. Div., Washington, D. C., Robert L. Dondero, Michael D. Nerney, Stanford Svetcov, Asst. U. S. Attys., San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff United States.

James F. Hewitt, Federal Public Defender, Frank O. Bell, Jr., Chief Asst. Federal Public Defender, San Francisco, Cal., Tony Tamburello, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant Laurence John Layton.

ORDER

PECKHAM, Chief Judge.

This court must face the difficult issue of the conflict between the rights of the press and the public to witness judicial proceedings and the necessity for the court to take steps to ensure that the defendant receives a fair trial. The context in which the issue has here arisen is the imminent individual voir dire of the members of the venire. The defendant has asked that this questioning occur outside the presence of...

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