PEOPLE v. DAWSON

2012-04044

130 A.D.3d 750 (2015)

13 N.Y.S.3d 235

2015 NY Slip Op 05959

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. PATRICIO DAWSON, Appellant.

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

Decided July 8, 2015.


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

In every criminal prosecution, the accused has a fundamental right to a public trial (see US Const 6th, 14th Amends; see also Civil Rights Law § 12; Judiciary Law § 4; People v Martin, 16 N.Y.3d 607, 611 [2011]; People v Jelke, 308 N.Y. 56, 61 [1954]). However, this right is not absolute and the trial court has discretion...

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