Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court February 12, 2014 (Commonwealth v. Morganti)

Cordy, J.

On June 13, 2003, at the Superior Court in Brock-ton, the defendant was convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree for the shooting death of Anthony LoConte. During jury empanelment, the court officers closed the court room to all members of the public, as was the custom and practice at the time in that court.