Dolliver, J. — This case presents a matter of first impression regarding a trial court’s responsibility to protect a defendant’s right to a public trial under article I, section 22 of the Washington Constitution in the face of the State’s motion for full closure of a criminal hearing. We hold a trial court must apply the closure test previously articulated by this court in Allied Daily Newspapers v. Eikenberry, <span cla…
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