Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Phelps v. Denton County Sheriff

519 U.S. 878

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1996-10-07
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • concluding that the closure was inadvertent because the public was excluded for twenty minutes, and the trial judge was not aware of the exclusion
  • claim of ineffective assistance of counsel for failing to request a competency hearing

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C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.