People v. Torres

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Ferdinand, J.), rendered May 7, 1996, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in or near school grounds 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 defendant claims that the court erred in directing that the courtroom be closed during the testimony of the undercover officer. The testimony at the Hinton hearing (see, People v Hinton, 31 NY2d 71, 76, cert denied 410 US 911) established that *520t…