Alonzo Woods v. Robert Kuhlmann, Superintendent of Sullivan Correctional Facility Robert Abrams, Attorney General of the State of New York

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• holding that closure is warranted for the protection of a witness who is frightened as a result of “perceived threats” from defendant’s family member
• determining substantial reason arises when it is for protection of witness who claims to be frightened as result of perceived threats
• where closure was “partial” and “temporary,” Waller’s fourth prong satisfied by information support the closure “gleaned” from the trial record

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