78A-2-208 - Sittings of courts -- To be public -- Right to exclude in certain cases.
78A-2-208. Sittings of courts -- To be public -- Right to exclude in certain cases.
(1) The sittings of every court of justice are public, except as provided in Subsections (2)and (3).
(2) The court may, in its discretion, during the examination of a witness exclude any andall other witnesses in the proceedings.
(3) In an action of divorce, criminal conversation, seduction, abortion, rape, or assaultwith intent to commit rape, the court may, in its discretion, exclude all persons who do not have adirect interest in the proceedings, except jurors, witnesses and officers of the court.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session