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Ninth Circuit Vacates Conviction Because District Court’s COVID-19 Precautions, Which Prevented Any Video Streaming, Deprived the Defendant of a Sixth Amendment Public Trial

In United States v. Allen, No. 21-10060 (9th Cir. May 16, 2022), the Ninth Circuit holds that a district court’s COVID-19 precautions that denied the public streamed hearings of a criminal defendant’s case violated his Sixth Amendment rights and required a new suppression hearing and trial. “At the height of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020,Continue reading “Ninth Circuit Vacates Conviction Because District Court’s COVID-19 Precautions, Which Prevented Any Video Streaming, Deprived the Defendant of a Sixth Amendment Public Trial”