Crider v. Eisenschmidt

ORDER

GERSHON, District Judge.

Albert Crider brings this petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging his February 15, 1995 conviction after a jury trial of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree (N.Y. Penal Law § 220.39). Petitioner was sentenced as a second felony offender to five to ten years imprisonment. The Appellate Division, Second Department, unanimously affirmed the conviction, People v. Crider, 236 A.D.2d 482, 654 N.Y.S.2d 29 (2d Dep’t 1997), rejecting the two grounds petitioner raises here: (1) closure of the courtroom for the…