Legal Opinion
People v. Cruz
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 17, 1997PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment, Supreme *273Court, New York County (Edwin Torres, J.), rendered July 18, 1994, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 5 to 10 years, unanimously affirmed.
Under the applicable standards (People v Martinez, 82 NY2d 436), the courtroom was properly closed during the undercover detectives’ testimony. The Hinton hearing testimony "established the necessary spatial and temporal relationship among the courthouse, the location of the defendant’s arrest, and the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- People v. MartinezNew York Court of Appeals · 1993
- People v. BrownAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
3Cited by2 opinions
- 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