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Final Copy 287 Ga. 234 S08G1152. PRESLEY v. THE STATE. Hines, Justice. In Presley v. State, 285 Ga. 270 (674 SE2d 909) (2009) ("Presley II"), a majority of this Court affirmed the judgment of the Court of Appeals in Presley v. State, 290 Ga. App. 99 (658 SE2d 773) (2008) ("Presley I"), which affirmed Presley's conviction for cocaine trafficking. The opinion in Presley II held that it was not an abuse of the trial court's discretion to close the courtroom to spectators during juror voir dire to prevent potential jurors from hearing inherently prejudicial remarks when no alternatives to such exclusion were presented to the trial court. On writ of certiorari, the United States Supreme Court declared that trial courts are required to consider alternatives to such a courtroom closure even if alternatives are not presented to the trial court, and that this Court erred in concluding otherwise. Presley v. Georgia, 558 U. S.__ (130 SC 721, 175 LE2d 675) (2010). No alternatives to closure were considered in this case. Accordingly, the former judgment of this Court in the case is vacated, the decision of the Court of Appeals is reversed, and the case is

remanded to the Court of Appeals for proceedings consistent with the opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States. Judgment reversed with direction. All the Justices concur.

Decided June 1, 2010. Certiorari to the Court of Appeals of Georgia

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