People v. Antonio

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Kohm, J.), rendered January 10, 1994, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The evidence adduced at the Hinton hearing (see, People v Hinton, 31 NY2d 71, cert denied 410 US 911), was sufficient to support the court’s decision to close the courtroom. Both undercover officers testified that they feared for their personal safety,…