A three-day battle over whether members of the public could be required to show government identification and undergo warrant checks to enter a courtroom where an accused cop killer is on trial came to an end Feb. 12, when the New Jersey Supreme Court, which had stepped into the dispute two days earlier, dismissed the matter as moot.
The court, which took the case on an emergent basis because of the ongoing trial, explained that the trial judge had removed the challenged security measures the day before and said it did not retain jurisdiction.
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