People v. Page

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Dufficy, J.), rendered November 26, 1990, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

On April 4, 1990, an undercover officer observed the defendant sell a package of heroin to another individual. On appeal, the defendant contends that he was denied a fair trial when *538the trial court allowed the undercover officer who observed the sale to testify in a closed courtroom.

Contrary to the defendant’s…