People v. Alvarez
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Gonzalez, J.
*169The primary issue on this appeal from defendant’s conviction of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree is whether the trial court’s exclusion of defendant’s girlfriend from the courtroom during the trial testimony of two undercover police officers violated his Sixth Amendment right to a public trial. Two corollary issues are whether the court abused its discretion in reopening the Hinton hearing after it had initially ruled that the girlfriend would not be excluded, and whether the court properly allowed the officers to testify under…
2Cases cited45 opinions
- Waller v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- People v. GloverNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- People v. HintonNew York Court of Appeals · 1972
- People v. Lam Lek ChongNew York Court of Appeals · 1978
- People v. LaFontaineNew York Court of Appeals · 1998
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