PEOPLE v. RODRIGUEZ


258 A.D.2d 483 (1999)

685 N.Y.S.2d 252

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JOSE RODRIGUEZ, Appellant.

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

Decided February 1, 1999.


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

There is no merit to the defendant's contention that he was denied his right to a public trial because his family was, in essence, precluded from attending the trial as a result of the trial court's decision to use a screen to block their view of the testimony of the undercover officer. The court properly exercised its discretion when it closed the courtroom during the trial testimony of the undercover police officer. The officer...

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