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State v. Rivera

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  • 32 P.3d 292

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  • public trial right not implicated when trial court addressed a juror’s complaint about another juror’s hygiene
  • record showed closed proceedings regarding hygiene complaints of juror were of ministerial nature and therefore not in violation of public trial right
  • record showed closed proceedings regarding hygiene complaints of juror were of ministerial nature and therefore not in violation of public trial right
  • defendant' s public trial right not violated by closing the courtroom for a brief hearing on a juror' s complaint about another juror' s hygiene
  • footnote analyzing section 22 and concluding no greater right exists because there is no significant difference in the text and Washington courts have “always relied heavily on federal interpretations of the right to an impartial jury”

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Judges: Kennedy

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