Legal Opinion
People v. Valenzuela
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 24, 1996PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (John Bradley, J.), rendered September 18, 1989, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the first degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the first degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of from 25 years to life imprisonment, unanimously reversed, on the law and the facts, and the matter remanded for a new trial.
Although trial courts have discretionary authority to exclude the public from a courtroom, such power should be exercised sparingly and…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- People v. MartinezNew York Court of Appeals · 1993
- People v. KanNew York Court of Appeals · 1991
- People v. MonroigAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
- People v. JamesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
- People v. GreenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
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3Cited by3 opinions
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- Ayala v. SpeckardCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1997
- Steven Ayala v. Hubert Speckard, Superintendent of Groveland Correctional Facility, Charles Okonkwo v. Peter J. Lacy, Superintendent of Bare Hill Correctional Facility, Howard Pearson v. Charles James, Superintendent of Collins Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1997