People v. Lopez

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Corrado, J.), rendered January 8, 1991, 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.

We find unavailing the defendant’s contention that the prosecutor’s summation denied him the right to a fair trial (see, People v Velez, 184 AD2d 539 [decided herewith]; People v Roopchand, 107 AD2d 35, affd 65 NY2d 837).

In addition, the defendant was not deprived of his right to a public trial when the trial court…