PEOPLE v. JOHNSON


287 A.D.2d 294 (2001)

731 N.Y.S.2d 28

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. LARRY JOHNSON, Appellant.

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

Decided October 11, 2001.


The court properly ordered closure of the courtroom to the general public during two undercover officers' testimony at trial. The officers' Hinton hearing testimony established that they each had pending cases from the same vicinity where defendant was arrested and had "lost subjects" in that area, and that one officer also had ongoing investigations there. Both officers expected to remain active in an undercover capacity in that area, had previously been threatened...

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