PEOPLE v. PEREZ


245 A.D.2d 71 (1997)

665 N.Y.S.2d 647

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Jose Perez, Appellant

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

December 9, 1997


Defendant has not preserved his claim that his right to a public trial was violated by the security measures employed by the court, and we decline to review it in the interest of justice. Were we to review it, we would find that the undercover officer's concerns for his safety, notwithstanding his geographical reassignment, were sufficiently particularized to warrant the court's use of the screening procedure suggested by defendant as an alternative to closure. The screening...

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