Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered.
The defendant contends, and the People correctly concede, that he was denied his right to a public trial because the Supreme Court excluded from the courtroom his attorney's Legal Aid Society supervisor during the testimony of an undercover police officer.
When the defendant's trial counsel sought to have his supervisor present in the courtroom, the People failed to meet their burden...
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