CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Court Control of Proceedings
......Exclusion of Persons from Court
.........Types of Proceedings
............Criminal Prelims: Statutory
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Potential witnesses who have not been examined may be excluded.

Examination shall be open, absent showing exclusion required for fair trial; persons who are permitted to remain.

Exclusion of public during examination of minor, or a dependent person with a substantial cognitive impairment, upon motion of DA.

Special precautions for persons with disabilities or child victims of molestation or parental violence.

On proper, detailed showing, magistrate must close preliminary examination during testimony of minor under 16, or a dependent person with a substantial cognitive impairment, when D charged with certain sex crimes.