People v. Cummings

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Richard Carruthers, J.), rendered June 1, 1998, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, *306of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 6 to 12 years, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly directed, after a hearing, that the courtroom be closed during the testimony of the two undercover officers, with the exception of any identified members of defendant’s immediate family, attorneys and members of the press who wished to attend the proceedings. The testimony at the…