Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 10/2/1990

State v. Sams

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802 S.W.2d 635
1990 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 658

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recognizing that Rule 615 could not be used to exclude witnesses in violation of Article I, § 9 of the Tennessee Constitution
noting that to require actual proof of prejudice “would seriously impair, if not actually destroy, the safeguards provided by the public trial requirement”
“[The prosecutor] did not want the victims, the appellant’s children, to face their relatives during their testimony. As a result, the safeguard that attempts to improve the quality of testimony by discouraging perjury and abusiveness was seriously impaired.”
right to a public trial

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Judges: Jones, Reid, Dwyer

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