PEOPLE v. BRANCH


48 A.D.3d 826 (2008)

853 N.Y.S.2d 133

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. CURTIS BRANCH, Appellant.

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

Decided February 26, 2008.


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant's contention, the Supreme Court properly excluded his sister's fiancé from the courtroom during the undercover officer's testimony. Once the prosecution met its burden of showing that closure of the courtroom to the general public was required in order to protect the safety of the undercover officer, the burden shifted to the defendant to show that his...

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