Lilly v. State (Original)
Annotate this CaseDefendant was charged with two counts of assault on a public servant. The court of appeals subsequently held that his trial proceedings, which were convened at the prison-chapel courtroom, were not closed to the public, that a violation of the Establishment Clause was not structural error, and that the violation of the Establishment Clause in his case was harmless. The court held that defendant showed that his trial was closed to the public, and because that closure was not justified, the court reversed the judgments of the court of appeals and trial court, remanding for a new trial.
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