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PEOPLE v. RAMOS

90 N.Y.2d 490 (1997)

685 N.E.2d 492

662 N.Y.S.2d 739

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Luis A. Ramos, Appellant. The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Robert Ayala, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 1, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judah Maltz, Kew Gardens, for appellant in the first above-entitled action.

Richard A. Brown, District Attorney of Queens County, Kew Gardens (Nicole Beder, Steven J. Chananie and John Castellano of counsel), for respondent in the first above-entitled action.

Robert Budner and Daniel L. Greenberg, New York City, for appellant in the second above-entitled action.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney of New York County, New York City (Marc Frazier Scholl, Mark Dwyer and Grace Vee of counsel), for respondent in the second above-entitled action.

Judges TITONE, BELLACOSA, SMITH, LEVINE, CIPARICK and WESLEY concur.

Chief Judge KAYE.

Typically, in "buy-and-bust" cases, an undercover officer purchases a small quantity of narcotics from the defendant and a second officer thereafter makes the arrest. Where the People show that open-court testimony by the undercover officer during defendant's trial would jeopardize the undercover's safety and effectiveness, is it proper for the Trial Judge to close the courtroom during the testimony...

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