STATE OF LOUISIANA COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 2025 KW 1159 VERSUS MELANIE BARNETT CURTIN NOVEMBER 13, 2025 In Re: Melanie Barnett Curtin, applying for supervisory writs, 21st Judicial District Court, Parish of Livingston, No. 40759.

BEFORE : LANIER, MILLER, AND FIELDS, JJ.

WRIT GRANTED. The trial court abused its discretion in granting the State’s motion to close the courtroom. The instant record does not support a “substantial reason” for excluding the public from the courtroom during the adult victim’s testimony.

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