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PRESS-ENTERPRISE CO. v. SUPERIOR COURT OF CAL.

No. 82-556.

464 U.S. 501 (1984)

104 S.Ct. 819

78 L.Ed.2d 629

PRESS-ENTERPRISE CO. v. SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, RIVERSIDE COUNTY

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 18, 1984

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Ward argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs was John A. Boyd.

Glenn Robert Salter argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Gerald J. Geerlings and Joyce Ellen Manulis Reikes.*

A brief of amicus curiae urging affirmance was filed by Joseph Peter Myers, pro se.

Briefs of amici curiae were filed for the California State Public Defender by Quin Denvir, Michael G. Millman, and Joseph Levine; and for the State of California by John K. Van De Kamp, Attorney General, Harley D. Mayfield, Assistant Attorney General, and Keith I. Motley, Deputy Attorney General.

CHIEF JUSTICE BURGER delivered the opinion of the Court.

We granted certiorari to decide whether the guarantees of open public proceedings in criminal trials cover proceedings for the voir dire examination of potential jurors.

I

Albert Greenwood Brown, Jr., was tried and convicted of the rape and murder of a teenage girl, and sentenced to death in California Superior Court. Before the voir dire...

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