State Of Washington, V Calvert R. Anderson, Jr.

Maxa, A.C.J.

¶1 — Calvert Anderson Jr. appeals his convictions for third degree assault and obstructing a law enforcement officer. In a previous opinion, we held that the trial court violated Anderson’s constitutional right to a public trial by allowing counsel to make juror challenges for cause at a sidebar conference. State v. Anderson, 187 Wn. App. 706, 350 P.3d 255, remanded, 184 Wn.2d 1009 (2015). Our holding was based on determinations that (1) a sidebar conference outside the hearing of the public was a courtroom closure, and (2) juror challenges for cause implicated the public trial…