Deck 7: Fair Trial-Free Press Conflicts

Question 1

The Supreme Court first ruled that the presence of cameras does not necessarily violate the defendant's right to a fair trial in what case?

A)Sheppard v.Maxwell.
B)Irvin v.Dowd.
C)Gannett v.DePasquale.
D)Chandler v.Florida.
E)Branzburg v.Hayes.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

In what case did the First Circuit say that a district judge had no authority to allow a case in her courtroom to be webcast?

A)In re Sony BMG Music Entertainment.
B)Estes v.Texas.
C)Sheppard v.Maxwell.
D)Chandler v.Florida.
E)Rideau v.Louisiana.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

In Sheppard v.Maxwell,the Supreme Court urged judges to control prejudicial publicity by:

A)sequestering juries.
B)granting continuances.
C)issuing protective orders.
D)granting changes of venue.
E)all of these.

Answer 3

E

Question 4

Prejudicial publicity problems sometimes result from the reporting of:

A)involuntary confessions.
B)a defendant's prior criminal record.
C)test results that may not be admitted into evidence at a trial.
D)hearsay evidence.
E)all of these.

Question 5

In which state did the state highest court decline a filmmaker's request for an audio "room recording," when the court reporter's room recording was not the official record of the trial and thus not a public record?

A)New York.
B)California.
C)Massachusetts.
D)Wisconsin.
E)Kansas.

Question 6

The Supreme Court has held that judges should not ordinarily issue "gag" orders that apply directly to the media,as opposed to orders that limit what trial participants may tell the media.The case:

A)Sheppard v.Maxwell.
B)Nebraska Press Assn.v.Stuart.
C)Rideau v.Louisiana.
D)Chandler v.Florida.
E)Estes v.Texas.

Question 7

In what state did the state supreme court bar cameras from the sentencing of a college lacrosse player for the murder of his ex-girlfriend?

A)New York.
B)Virginia.
C)California.
D)Massachusetts.
E)Hawaii.

Question 8

The Supreme Court in Hollingsworth v.Perry said that the _______ trial could not be televised or broadcast on YouTube.

A)Branzburg.
B)Guantánamo Bay.
C)Proposition 8.
D)Skilling.
E)Madoff.

Question 9

In Courtroom TV Network v.New York,New York's highest court held that:

A)television cameras should be allowed in the state's trial courts.
B)television should be allowed,but only in appellate courts.
C)still photography but not television should be allowed in New York courts.
D)television but not still photography should be allowed in New York courts.
E)New York's ban on cameras is not unconstitutional.

Question 10

The California Supreme Court ruled that civil trials must usually be open to the press and public in what case?

A)Gannett v.DePasquale.
B)Richmond Newspapers v.Virginia.
C)Globe Newspaper Co.v.Superior Court.
D)NBC Subsidiary v.Superior Court.
E)Chandler v.Florida.

Question 11

In the criminal case involving Martha Stewart,a federal appellate court ruled that:

A)Stewart's trial should have been closed.
B)the trial should have been open.
C)most of the jury selection process should have been open.
D)Stewart should not have been given home confinement.
E)television coverage of the trial should have been allowed.

Question 12

In the 1986 Riverside Press?Enterprise v.Superior Court case (Press-Enterprise II),the Supreme Court held that:

A)preliminary hearings may be closed to the public whenever there is a "reasonable likelihood" that prejudicial publicity would result from an open hearing.
B)preliminary hearings may be closed to the public only when there is a "substantial probability" that an open hearing would produce prejudicial publicity and closing the hearing would actually prevent the publicity.
C)preliminary hearings must be closed to the public whenever the defendant requests it.
D)preliminary hearings may not ever be closed to the public.
E)jury selection must normally be open to the press and public.

Question 13

The free press-fair trial controversy stems from a conflict between the guarantee of a free press in the First Amendment and the right of the accused to a trial before impartial jurors,set forth in:

A)the Smith Act.
B)the Fourth Amendment.
C)the Sixth Amendment.
D)Article I,Section II of the California Constitution.
E)the Brown Act.

Question 14

The Supreme Court overturned a state law that required the courtroom to be closed whenever a minor victim of a sex crime was testifying.The case?

A)Globe Newspaper Co.v.Superior Court.
B)Estes v.Texas.
C)Chandler v.Florida.
D)Richmond Newspapers v.Virginia.
E)Lucasfilms Ltd.v.Skyywalker.

Question 15

The jury selection process should normally be conducted in an open courtroom,according to the U.S.Supreme Court's ruling in:

A)Globe Newspaper Co.v.Superior Court.
B)Estes v.Texas.
C)Sheppard v.Maxwell.
D)Press-Enterprise v.Superior Court (Press-Enterprise I).
E)Rideau v.Louisiana.

Question 16

The Supreme Court first ruled that criminal trials must usually be open to the press and public in what case?

A)Gannett v.DePasquale.
B)Richmond Newspapers v.Virginia.
C)Globe Newspaper Co.v.Superior Court.
D)NBC Subsidiary v.Superior Court.
E)Chandler v.Florida.

Question 17

The Supreme Court once ordered a new trial for a man convicted of murder in a case where some of the jurors admitted they were prejudiced because of sensational pretrial publicity.The prosecutor,who was running for re-election,issued an inflammatory press release,aggravating the problem.The case?

A)Irvin v.Dowd.
B)Estes v.Texas.
C)Times Mirror v.Superior Court.
D)Maryland v.Baltimore Radio Show.
E)Sheppard v.Maxwell.