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053221P.pdf   08/20/2007  Odell Crawford  v.  State of Minnesota
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  05-3221
   U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - Minneapolis   
   [PUBLISHED] [Chief Judge Loken, Author, with Bye and Shepherd,
   Circuit Judges]
   Habeas Case - section 2254. Claim that Sixth Amendment right to public
   trial was violated when courtroom was partially closed during minor
   victim's testimony was procedurally defaulted where defendant agreed to
   partial closure of the courtroom. State court's decision that defendant
   waived his right to a public trial was an independent and adequate state
   ground precluding the grant of federal habeas relief. Judge Bye dissents
   on whether the waiver rule was firmly established or regularly followed
   in Minnesota.