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      Sec. 54-76h. Proceedings private. Segregation of defendant in place of detention. All of the proceedings except proceedings on the motion under section 54-76c had under the provisions of sections 54-76b to 54-76n, inclusive, shall be private and shall be conducted in such parts of the courthouse or the building wherein court is located as shall be separate and apart from the other parts of the court which are then being held for proceedings pertaining to adults charged with crimes. If such defendant is committed while such examination and investigation is pending, before trial, during trial or after judgment and before sentence, those persons in charge of the place of detention shall segregate such defendant, to the extent of their facilities, from defendants over the age of eighteen years charged with crime.

      (1971, P.A. 72, S. 7.)

      Cited. 173 C. 414, 419. Cited. 179 C. 98, 99. Cited. 189 C. 92, 95, 98 (Diss. Op.). Cited. 192 C. 85, 90. Cited. 195 C. 303, 313. Cited. 240 C. 743.

      Presence of parents during testimony of their minor child as a witness should be allowed during youthful offender proceedings with instruction given as to requirement of secrecy. Defendant's statutory right to privacy not absolute. 8 CA 607, 611, 612.

      Cited. 30 CS 71. Cited. 38 CS 675, 679.