Maryland v. Moon

How later courts describe this case

• “Because the evidence is sufficient to sustain the convictions ... it would have been improper for the trial court to grant the defendants’ motions for judgments of acquittal.”
• “impact of partial closure is ‘not a kind presented when a proceeding is totally closed to the public, and therefore only a “substantial” rather than “compelling” reason for the closure is necessary.’ ”
• "one who seeks to justify closure of a criminal trial carries a heavy burden"
• “It seems to us that § 10-306(b) was designed to subordinate the admissibility of alcohol test results to the timely assertion of the defendant’s right of confrontation.”
• exceptions to rule requiring cross-examination permitted in past only “ ‘after close scrutiny has disclosed that this type of evidence is both necessary and so intrinsically reliable that it need not be subjected to the rigors of cross-examination’ ” (emphasis in original
• distinguishing Waller based on Waller’s total, rather than partial, closure
• discriminatory selection of jurors required to violate Federal Act