(1) Whether the "overriding interest" test established by this Court in Waller v. Georgia, 467 U.S. 39 (1984), to determine if a defendant's Sixth Amendment right to a public trial has been violated applies to so-called "partial" closures of the courtroom (i.e., situations in which one or more members of the public are allowed to observe trial proceedings that are otherwise closed to the public).

(2) Whether this Court's holding in Weaver v. Massachusetts, 137 S. Ct. 1899 (2017), that a defendant must show prejudice resulting from a public trial violation where he or she raises the issue for the first time in a collateral proceeding as a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel applies to defendants who raise the structural error of a public trial violation for the first time on direct appeal.

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