PEOPLE v. WITHERSPOON


157 A.D.2d 811 (1990)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Richard Witherspoon, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

January 22, 1990


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant argues that the trial court improperly ordered all spectators, except members of the press, excluded from the courtroom during reargument of his motion to set aside the verdict.

Although counsel for one of the codefendants raised an objection to the ruling by the court, the defendant's counsel did not. Accordingly, the defendant has not preserved this issue for appellate review (see, CPL 470.05 [2...

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