People v. Blackshear

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County (Kerins, J.), rendered September 26, 2002, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree (two counts) and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant’s contention that the trial court’s closure of the courtroom during the testimony of four undercover officers deprived him of his right to a public trial is unpreserved for appellate review (see CPL 470.05 [2];…