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COMMONWEALTH v. DOWNEY

No. 08-P-1565.

78 Mass. App. Ct. 224 (2010)

COMMONWEALTH v. JOSEPH DOWNEY.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

November 8, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin S. Nixon for the defendant.

Paul B. Linn, Assistant District Attorney (Dean A. Mazzone, Assistant Attorney General, with him) for the Commonwealth.

Present: GRASSO, SMITH, & RUBIN, JJ.

GRASSO, J.

A jury found the defendant guilty of murder in the second degree in connection with the stabbing death of James Murphy in 1997.1 Among many claimed errors, the defendant argues that his conviction must be reversed because the closure of the courtroom during jury empanelment violated his right to a public trial guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution...

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