As added by Acts 1982, P.L.40, SEC.1.
Criminal proceedings are presumptively open to attendance by the general public.
As added by Acts 1982, P.L.40, SEC.1. No court may order the exclusion of the general public from any criminal proceeding, or part of a criminal proceeding, unless it first affords the parties and the general public a meaningful opportunity to be heard on the issue of any proposed exclusion. As added by Acts 1982, P.L.40, SEC.1. Whenever any motion to exclude the general public from a criminal proceeding is filed with a court, or if a court proposes to issue such an exclusion order on its own, the court must set a hearing date on the motion or proposed order. The hearing date shall be set sufficiently in advance so that the parties and members of the general public can prepare their pleadings and evidence and file briefs on the motion or proposed order.