The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed and a new trial ordered. Defendant was convicted, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree. On appeal, defendant challenges the court's closure of the trial to the public during the undercover officer's testimony. The trial court erred in excluding defendant's family members from the courtroom. The record indicates...
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