PEOPLE v. PETERSON


81 N.Y.2d 824 (1993)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Kareem Peterson, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 23, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Dean, New York City, and Philip L. Weinstein for appellant.

Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney of Kings County, Brooklyn (Dina L. Werfel and Roseann B. MacKechnie of counsel), for respondent.

Acting Chief Judge SIMONS and Judges KAYE, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., BELLACOSA and SMITH concur.


MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

During defendant's jury trial for criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, the courtroom, which had been ordered closed for the testimony of an undercover police officer, inadvertently remained closed for defendant's subsequent testimony. The trial court denied defendant's application for a mistrial on the grounds that failure...

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