People v. Nazario

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Budd Goodman, J.), rendered May 30, 2002, 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.

The People made a sufficient showing to warrant closure of the courtroom to the general public, including defendant’s drug counselor, during the testimony of two undercover officers. The drug counselor was not a member of defendant’s family, and his *184relationship with defendant was too remote to warrant any…