People v. Council

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Robert H. Straus, J.), rendered May 13, 2005, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him to a term of 4 to 12 years, unanimously affirmed.

Following a Hinton hearing (People v Hinton, 31 NY2d 71 [1972], cert denied 410 US 911 [1973]), the court ruled that the courtroom would be closed during the undercover officers’ testimony. Defendant requested an exemption for his mother *314and girlfriend, which the court granted, and defendant did not seek exemptions for anyone else. The…