STATE v. PRICE

No. 63814-9-I.

228 P.3d 1276 (2009)

154 Wash.App. 480

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Donnell Wayne PRICE, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

Publication Ordered February 24, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Michael Kummerow, Washington Appellate Project, Seattle, WA, Donnell Wayne Price, Washington State Penitentiary, Walla Walla, WA, for Appellant.

Kathleen Proctor, Thomas Charles Roberts, Pierce County Prosecuting Atty. Ofc., Tacoma, WA, for Respondent.


GROSSE, J.

¶ 1 The right to a public trial is implicated only when the court orders a courtroom closed to the public. Here, the trial court conducted individual voir dire of a potential juror in the courtroom apart from the other potential jurors and a spectator who left the courtroom at the prosecutor's request. Because the other potential jurors were officers of the court, not members of the public, and the spectator...

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