http://www.oyez.org/issues/criminal-procedure/pretrial-publicity/ U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments, presented by The Oyez Project (www.oyez.org) en-us http://www.oyez.org/images/oyezfeed.jpg U.S. Supreme Court Audio Recordings, presented by The Oyez Project (www.oyez.org) Tue, 07 Nov 1978 12:00:00 -0500 <p>Two suspects charged with murder, robbery, and grand larceny requested that the public be excluded from a pre-trial hearing concerning the admissibility of evidence. They argued that an "unabated buildup" of adverse publicity had jeopardized their ability to receive a fair trial. The request was granted by the judge, and no objections were made at the time. The judge then denied press access to the pre-trial hearing and refused to immediately release the transcript of the proceedings. The case was argued and decided with Marshall, Secretary of Labor v. American Petroleum Institute et al.</p> <p>Did the press and members of the public have a constitutional right under the Sixth Amendment to attend the trial?</p> 77-1301_19781107-argument http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1978/1978_77_1301/argument/ supreme, court, oyez, rehnquist Tue, 28 Feb 1984 12:00:00 -0500 No details yet. No details yet. 83-95_19840228-argument http://www.oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1983/1983_83_95/argument/ supreme, court, oyez, rehnquist Mon, 28 Feb 1966 12:00:00 -0500 <p>After suffering a trial court conviction of second-degree murder for the bludgeoning death of his pregnant wife, Samuel Sheppard challenged the verdict as the product of an unfair trial. Sheppard, who maintained his innocence of the crime, alleged that the trial judge failed to protect him from the massive, widespread, and prejudicial publicity that attended his prosecution. On appeal from an Ohio district court ruling supporting his claim, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed. When Sheppard appealed again, the Supreme Court granted certiorari.</p> <p>What threshold must be crossed before a trial is said to be so prejudicial, due to context and publicity, as to interfere with a defendant's Fifth Amendment due process right to a fair trial?</p> 490_19660228-argument http://www.oyez.org/cases/1960-1969/1965/1965_490/argument/ supreme, court, oyez, rehnquist