Can uniformed police officers attend the opening statements of a criminal trial?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from The PEOPLE v. HOWARD St., A120412, No. 152819 (Cal. App. 2010):
Defendant contends his due process right to a fair trial was violated when uniformed police officers attended as spectators during opening statements. We disagree. The officers' presence did not create " ' "an unacceptable risk... of impermissible factors coming into play" ' " in the jurors' deliberations. (Carey v. Musladin (2006) 549 U.S. 70, 75.)
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