Question juridique clé
Whether exclusion of the public from the appellate hearing violated the right to a public hearing.
Solution extraite
No violation; the defendant had not timely and actively sought a public hearing after the first-instance hearing had already been closed to the public, so the appellate court could assume waiver and need not balance interests anew.
Motifs extraits
The request came only at the hearing despite prior knowledge of exclusion; his conduct was contrary to good faith, and the appellate court was not required to re-examine publicity on its own.