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PEOPLE v. SPEARS

Nos. 7321, 7322, 2269/08.

94 A.D.3d 498 (2012)

941 N.Y.S.2d 500

2012 NY Slip Op 2605

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

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

Decided April 10, 2012.

Before ordering closure of the courtroom during an undercover officer's testimony, the court implicitly considered but rejected an alternative to closure proposed by defendant, and the court's ruling was reasonable under the circumstances (see e.g. People v Sweeney, 25 A.D.3d 335, 336 [2006]). Accordingly, the court satisfied the requirement of considering alternatives to full closure (see Presley v Georgia, 558 US ___, ___...

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