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The petitioner, Joseph R. Demers, Jr., was convicted in 1990 of murder in the second degree. Representing himself, he filed a motion in the Superior Court in 2013 seeking a new trial, claiming that the court room was improperly closed during his trial. His motion was denied, as was his motion for reconsideration. He then filed a petition in the county court attempting to invoke this court's extraordinary power of general superintendence to address...
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