Legal Opinion
People v. Smith
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 16, 2001PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Knipel, J.), rendered March 30, 1998, convicting him of crimi*627nal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Contrary to the defendant’s contention, the trial court’s alternative to closure of the courtroom during the testimony of two undercover officers did not deprive him of his right to a public trial (see, People v Rodriguez, 258 AD2d 483; see also, People v Ramos, 90 NY2d 490, cert denied sub nom. Ayala v New York, 522 US…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- People v. SuitteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
- People v. RamosNew York Court of Appeals · 1997
3Cited by3 opinions
- Bryant Smith v. Melvin L. Hollins, Superintendent, Oneida Correctional Facility, and Eliot Spitzer, New York Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2006
- Bryant Smith v. Melvin L. Hollins, Superintendent, Oneida Correctional Facility, and Eliot Spitzer, New York Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2006
- People v. BlackshearAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005