Commonwealth v. McIntyre, J., Aplt.

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• holding that the defendant failed to satisfy both prongs of the test
• finding public access to bailiff’s decision to dismiss jurors for illness-related reasons pre-voir-dire would not serve a positive role
• finding the experience prong not satisfied where the court engaged in the administrative component of the jury selection process when the bailiff excused two ill jurors before voir dire commenced
• finding no tradition of public access to pre-voir-dire portions of jury selection
• right does not attach to excusal of jurors for illness related reasons because this is pretrial juror excusal, not voir dire
• right does not attach to excusal of jurors for illness-related reasons because this is pretrial juror excusal, not voir dire

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