The defendant was convicted by a District Court jury of six of indecent assault and battery on a child under the age of fourteen. G.L.c. 265, § 13B. He argues for reversal of this conviction on three grounds: (1) that the closure of his trial violated the public trial guarantees of the Federal Constitution; (2) that the judge abused his discretion in denying the defendant's motion for a mistrial...
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