This cause is pending before the court as a death penalty appeal from the Court of Common Pleas for Mahoning County.
IT IS ORDERED by the court, sua sponte, that the parties file additional briefs addressing the following issues:
1. "Was the appellant denied his Sixth Amendment right to a public trial when the trial court closed the courtroom to spectators on February 4 and February 5, 2004?"
2. "What is the appropriate remedy should this court fmd...
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