Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered.
During the course of the trial, the prosecutor moved to close the courtroom during the testimony of the undercover police officers who had purchased narcotics from the defendant and who had acted as backups, or so-called ghosts, during the sale. After conducting a hearing pursuant to People v Hinton (
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