PEOPLE v. CORTIJO


251 A.D.2d 256 (1998)

675 N.Y.S.2d 50

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Elevterio Cortijo, Also Known as Eluterio Cortijo, Appellant. The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Victor Saniel, Appellant. The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Thomas Maturine, Appellant

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

June 30, 1998


The court properly ordered closure of the courtroom to all but defendants' families following the undercover officer's testimony at the Hinton hearing that he made drug purchases in the same area where defendants were arrested, both before and after their arrests, remained active in the same area, had open cases there, had been threatened by people in other cases where he had testified, feared for his and his family's safety as well as for the integrity of future investigations...

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