People v. Vargas
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Curci, J.), rendered January 17, 1995, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered.
*368In this “buy and bust” prosecution, we find that the defendant’s right to a public trial was violated when, over his counsel’s objection, the court ordered the courtroom closed during the testimony of the undercover officer who had made the buy, since the People’s…
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