Ordered that the judgment and the amended judgment are affirmed.
Upon the People's application, the trial court partially closed the courtroom and excluded the defendant's young male friends during the testimony of one of the People's witnesses. The court permitted all of the women, including the defendant's mother and girlfriend, to remain in the courtroom.
The decision to close a courtroom must be preceded by an inquiry careful enough to assure the court...
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