People v. Washington

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Roger S. Hayes, J.), rendered February 3, 2006, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of four years, unanimously affirmed.

*229The court providently exercised its discretion when it permitted two undercover officers to testify using aliases, and withheld their true names from defense counsel. The People’s showing of an overriding interest justifying partial closure of the courtroom (a ruling not challenged on appeal), also…