PEOPLE v. HINTON


31 N.Y.2d 71 (1972)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Sidney Hinton, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 6, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alex V. Myslicki, Jr. and Jerome V. Giovinazzo for appellant.

John M. Braisted, Jr., District Attorney (Norman C. Morse of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge FULD and Judges SCILEPPI, BERGAN, BREITEL, JASEN and GIBSON concur.


BURKE, J.

The question posed is whether the defendant was deprived of his right to a public trial when the trial court excluded the public from the courtroom during the entire testimony of one of the prosecution's key witnesses.

After a jury trial, defendant was convicted on two counts of selling a dangerous drug in the second degree and two counts of criminal possession of a dangerous drug. Previously...

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