Court Opinion

ID: 9426104
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-02 23:16:52.054831+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:22:59.148299
License: Public Domain

Mb. Chief Justice Burgee,
concurring in the judgment.
' I agree with Mr. Justice Brennan that the trial judge was woefully remiss in failing to insulate prospective jurors from the bizarre media coverage of this case *804and in not taking steps to prevent pretrial discussion of the ease among them. Although I would not hesitate to reverse petitioner’s conviction in the exercise of our supervisory powers, were this a federal case, I agree with the Court that the circumstances of petitioner’s trial did not rise to the level of a violation of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.