In an appeal centering on the issue of courtroom closure during an undercover officer's testimony in a "buy-and-bust" case, we conclude that the record was insufficient to establish a substantial probability that the officer's safety would be jeopardized by allowing defendant's wife and children to remain in the courtroom. Their exclusion therefore violated defendant's constitutional right to...
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