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STATE v. SMITH

No. 85809-8.

334 P.3d 1049 (2014)

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. William Glen SMITH, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

September 25, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric J. Nielsen , Casey Grannis , Nielsen Broman & Koch PLLC, Attorney at Law, Seattle, WA, William Glen Smith (Appearing Pro Se), Kelso, WA, for Petitioner.

James Smith , Cowlitz County Prosecuting Attorney, Kelso, WA, for Respondent.

J.M. JOHNSON, J.*

¶ 1 This case presents the issue of whether sidebar conferences implicate a criminal defendant's right to a public trial under article I, section 22 of the Washington Constitution and require a conviction to be overturned. William Glen Smith claims that the trial court violated his public trial right when courtroom limitations led to holding "sidebar" conferences in a hallway outside the courtroom on the record with...

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