After ruling that the courtroom would be closed to the general public for the testimony of an undercover officer but that defendant's relatives could remain, the court properly imposed a requirement that persons claiming to be defendant's family members show identification and make sworn statements that they were in fact related to defendant. It is uncontested that the People made a sufficiently particularized showing of an overriding interest justifying closure of the courtroom...
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