Whether petitioner was denied his constitutional right to
be present at his trial, where the judge ejected him after a
single, brief, spontaneous, nonviolent courtroom outburst during
a witness's testimony and never let him return for the rest of
his trial, or even follow it remotely, despite petitioner's
repeated assurances that there would be no further disruptions;
and whether the Second Circuit's denial of relief was based on
an unwarranted deference to the state court's factual and legal
determinations, thereby undermining the fundamental principles
set forth in Illinois v. Allen, 397 U.S. 337 (1970).

Whether petitioner was denied his constitutional right to be present at his trial