People v. Torres

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Felice K. Shea, J.), rendered October 12, 1990, 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 4x/i to 9 years, unanimously affirmed.

The trial court did not err in closing the courtroom during the undercover officer’s testimony since the officer indicated *132that he continued to work in the specific area involved in this case and that exposure of his identity would compromise his safety and the effectiveness of his work (People v…