Cintron v. Massachusetts

Petition for certiorari denied on November 30, 2015

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
15-9	Mass.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2015

Issue: Whether a defendant asserting a structural error in connection with the denial of his Sixth Amendment right to a public trial " where the defendant and his counsel were concededly unaware that the courtroom had been closed during the entirety of jury selection " must show that he was prejudiced by the courtroom closure on a collateral challenge to his conviction, or, whether prejudice is presumed because the harm from the structural error is "necessarily unquantifiable and indeterminate."

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
06/26/2015	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 31, 2015)
07/07/2015	Waiver of right of respondent Massachusetts to respond filed.
07/22/2015	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 28, 2015.
08/17/2015	Response Requested . (Due September 16, 2015)
08/24/2015	Order extending time to file response to petition to and including October 16, 2015.
10/16/2015	Brief of respondent Massachusetts in opposition filed.
10/27/2015	Reply of petitioner Joshua Cintron filed.
11/04/2015	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 24, 2015.
11/30/2015	Petition DENIED.