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Criminal Procedure Keyed to Miller
State v. Manuel Turrietta
Citation:
308 P.3d 964 (N.M. 2013)Facts
Turrietta (defendant) was on trial for allegedly shooting a rival gang member. The State requested that the courtroom be cleared of unnecessary people during the testimony of former gang members who were set to testify against the defendant. The State argued that other gang members could pack the courtroom and intimidate the witnesses so they would not testify. Two of the witnesses testified that they began to receive threats from the defendant’s gang after they agreed to become informants. Court security also found the name of the defendant’s gang etched outside the courtroom doors. The court ordered that the immediate family of the defendant and victim, the attorneys, staff members, and the press would remain in the courtroom but that all other members of the public would not be allowed in the courtroom during the testimony of the two witnesses.
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