People v. Vargas

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Michael Obús, J.), rendered July 19, 1993, which, after a jury trial, convicted defendant of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentenced him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of imprisonment of 5 to 10 years, is unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s claim that the court erred in closing the courtroom during the testimony of the undercover officer is unpreserved for appellate review as a matter of law, as defendant failed to object to the…