Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Micheal LEDEE, also known as Nycricanmike, also known as Michael Ledee, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-08-08
Citations: 762 F.3d 224
Docket Number: No. 13-2363-CR
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Micheal LEDEE, also known as Nycricanmike, also known as Michael Ledee, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before: WALKER, POOLER, and WESLEY, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 3d Series
Volume: 762
Pages: 224–233

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Micheal LEDEE, also known as Nycricanmike, also known as Michael Ledee, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 13-2363-CR.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
Argued: April 30, 2014.
Decided: Aug. 8, 2014.
Tiana A. Demás, (Susan Corkery, on the brief), Assistant United States Attorney, for Loretta E. Lynch, United States Attorney, United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, N.Y., for Appellee.
David A. Lewis, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before: WALKER, POOLER, and WESLEY, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Judge POOLER dissents in a separate opinion.
JOHN M. WALKER, JR., Circuit Judge:
Defendant-appellant Micheál Ledee was convicted of crimes stemming from participating via webcam in the sexual abuse of an eight-year-old girl by her mother. To ensure the uninhibited testimony of the underage victim at trial, the district court (Nicholas G. Garaufis, Judge), on motion by the government, closed the courtroom during the victim's testimony to all persons who were not directly involved in the trial, including Ledee's parents. Ledee argues that the closure violated his Sixth Amendment right to a public trial. We disagree and AFFIRM.