The right to a public trial does not preclude a Presiding Judge from excluding all spectators, including a defendant's family and friends, during a particular witness's testimony when the circumstances warrant such action to foster the truth-discovery process.
Defendant was convicted of robbery in the first degree and sodomy in the first degree. The charges arose out of a 1977 incident...
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