PEOPLE v. ROUNDTREE

Defendant's mother was properly excluded from the otherwise fully open courtroom during the People's case. This discretionary determination, made on the basis of defendant's mother's status as a prospective witness (see, People v Santana, 180 AD2d 537, lv denied 79 NY2d 1007; People v Smith, 111 AD2d 883), did not implicate defendant's right to a public trial.