In this buy and bust case, in which defendant was found to have sold heroin to an undercover police officer, we find that defendant has not sustained his claim that Supreme Court violated his Sixth Amendment right to a public trial by closing the courtroom while the officer testified. While, initially, the court improperly granted the People's application for closure without conducting a hearing pursuant to People v Hinton (
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