People v. Batista

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Goldstein, J.), rendered June 9, 1992, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant’s contention that the court erred in closing the courtroom during the testimony of an undercover police officer is unpreserved for appellate review. The defendant failed to object when the court, following a hearing, granted *721the People’s application for closure (see, People v Hammond, 208 AD2d 559; People v…