PEOPLE v. ESQUIBEL

No. B165767.

166 Cal.App.4th 539 (2008)

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. PETER ESQUIBEL, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Eight.

August 29, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin Kassman, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Assistant Attorney General, Robert F. Katz and Roy C. Preminger, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

COOPER, P. J.

INTRODUCTION

Appellant challenges his conviction for four counts of attempted murder and one count of assault with a firearm. His initial contention is that the trial court improperly excluded two of his friends during the examination of a seven-year-old witness. We hold the temporary exclusion of these two spectators did not result in the violation of appellant's constitutional right to a public trial...

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