Whether petitioner was denied his constitutional right to be present at his trial

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether petitioner was denied his constitutional right to be present at his trial, where the judge ejected him after a single, brief, spontaneous, nonviolent courtroom outburst during a witness’s testimony and never let him return for the rest of his trial, or even follow it remotely, despite petitioner’s repeated assurances that there would be no further disruptions; and whether the Second Circuit’s denial of relief was based on an unwarranted deference to the state court’s factual and legal determinations, thereby undermining the fundamental principles set forth in Illinois v. Allen, 397 U.S. 337 (1970).