Judgment reversed, on the law, and new trial ordered.
No issue has been presented with respect to the facts upon which the judgment is based. Defendant's right to a public trial was violated when the trial court excluded all spectators from the courtroom, except defendant's mother and an unidentified man, on the prosecutor's representation that he "might want to use them" as witnesses. The persons removed included defendant's brother. The court failed to make any...
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