PEOPLE v. REID

Ind. Nos. 2707/14, 4839/16. Appeal No. 15464. Case No. 2017-03285.

203 A.D.3d 474 (2022)

163 N.Y.S.3d 70

2022 NY Slip Op 01425

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Dwight Reid, Appellant.

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

Decided March 8, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Romano & Kuan, PLLC, New York ( Richard M. Greenberg of counsel), for appellant.

Alvin L. Bragg, Jr. , District Attorney, New York ( David M. Cohn of counsel), for respondent.

Concur—Acosta, P.J., Renwick, Webber, Kern, Friedman, JJ.


The court's midtrial closure of the courtroom to all spectators for the remainder of the trial was a provident exercise of discretion under the extraordinary circumstances presented. The court made detailed findings regarding photos taken in the courtroom and posted online, and spectators' other conduct in the courtroom (some of which was directed at the court itself) and elsewhere in the courthouse. The court relied on undisputed facts, as well as its own observations of...

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