After making a thorough inquiry and particularized factual findings, the court properly excluded defendant's mother and his ex-wife from the courtroom during the trial testimony of the ghost undercover officer, since the record established a "`substantial probability'" that the officer's safety would be jeopardized by their presence in the courtroom (People v Nieves,
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