v. Lujan

Summary

The court held that Colorado may apply a triviality standard to determine whether an erroneous courtroom closure violates a defendant’s constitutional right to a public trial. Applying that standard, it concluded that the brief, recorded closure during which the court reread a previously given limiting instruction did not undermine the purposes of the public-trial right. The court therefore reversed the court of appeals and remanded for consideration of Lujan’s remaining appellate claims.