After a jury trial, the defendant was convicted of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree under Indictment Number 6553/89. In response to the prosecutor's application to close the courtroom during the undercover officer's testimony, defense counsel objected on the ground that closure would violate his client's right to a public trial. The court granted the application, concluding that because the officer lived in the community in which she worked, which...
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