CHILDREN AND THE LAW
...The Child Witness
......Exclusion of Spectators
.........Criminal Proceedings
............Case Law
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State law mandating closure for all rape cases while minor victim testifying ruled unconstitutional.

Dist. ct. did not violate Ds' rights to public trials when it closed the courtrooms while child sexual abuse Vs were testifying.

D's 6th Amend. right to public trial violated when trial court closed courtroom to spectators during testimony of 14-year-old molestation V based only on DA's assertion V would have difficulty testifying.

Failure to comply with Pen. Code section 868.7’s exhaustion of alternatives requirement mandates dismissal.