Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Under the circumstances of this case, the defendant was not deprived of his right to a public trial by the trial court's sua sponte determination to exclude certain of his family members and friends from the courtroom for part of one witness's cross-examination. This very limited exclusion was justified in consideration of the overriding interests of that witness's security and his clear reluctance to testify in the presence...
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