People v. Jenkins

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Michael Obús, J.), rendered December 6, 1994, 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.

Closure of the courtroom during the undercover officer’s trial testimony was proper, since the officer’s Hinton hearing testimony established that he still would be working on short- and long-term operations in the neighborhood where defendant was arrested, that he had made drug purchases from individuals…