People v. Hall

—Judgments, Supreme Court, New York County (Frederic Berman, J.), rendered July 25, 1994, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and, upon *286his guilty plea, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of 6 to 12 years, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly ordered the courtroom closed during the testimony of the purchasing undercover officer since he stated that he had ongoing investigations in the area of defendant’s arrest and…