PEOPLE v. JONES


266 A.D.2d 476 (1999)

698 N.Y.S.2d 880

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. MICHAEL JONES, Appellant.

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

Decided November 22, 1999.


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant was convicted for selling crack cocaine to an undercover officer in exchange for two five-dollar bills. The defendant argues that he was deprived of his right to a public trial when the trial court closed the courtroom to the general public during the undercover officer's testimony. We disagree.

Prior to the undercover officer's testimony, the trial court conducted...

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