People v. Jiminez

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Marcy Kahn, J.), rendered June 18, 1993, which convicted defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and sentenced him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 5 to 10 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant claims that the trial court erred in closing the courtroom during the testimony of two undercover officers since the officers failed to articulate specific concerns warranting closure. He also argues that the actions of one of the undercover officers on the day of the hearing were inconsistent with…