People v. Mateo

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Douglass, J.), rendered March 10, 1986, convicting him of assault in the third degree, criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree (two counts), and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered; no questions of fact have been raised or considered.

We agree with the defendant’s contention that his right to a public trial was violated when the trial court, over defense counsel’s…