Defendant's claim that he was deprived of his right to a public trial is both procedurally defective and without merit. After conducting a suppression hearing, the hearing court made a ruling granting the People limited closure of the courtroom at trial during the testimony of a civilian witness, based on possible witness-tampering concerns. Although the record is unclear, it sufficiently establishes that there was no opposition by defendant to this ruling. When the case...
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