Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Under the circumstances of this case, where there was limited seating in the courtroom caused by the presence of many potential jurors, the defendant's right to a public trial (see US Const 6th Amend; Civil Rights Law § 12; Judiciary Law § 4) was not violated by the Supreme Court's exclusion of the defendant's father from a portion of the first day of voir dire (see People v Colon,
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