Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law and the facts, and a new trial is ordered.
The People requested that the trial court exclude the defendant's brother from the courtroom on the ground that he might be a potential witness at trial. However, the defense counsel advised the trial court that he also represented the defendant's brother on a pending weapons misdemeanor case, and that the defendant's brother would invoke the Fifth Amendment
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