Washington Supreme Court November 21, 2012, No. 82802-4 (State v. Wise)

Madsen, C.J.

¶34 (dissenting) — In my concurrence in State v. Sublett, 176 Wn.2d 58, 292 P.3d 715 (2012) (plurality opinion), I explain why I believe the court’s jurisprudence regarding the right to a public trial is flawed. Rather than repeat the extended discussion in Sublett in each of the additional three cases now before the court that involve the right to a public trial, State v.