Poughkeepsie Newspapers, Inc. v. Rosenblatt

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The judgment of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.

This is an article 78 proceeding by petitioner Poughkeepsie Newspapers, Inc., challenging an order of respondent Rosenblatt, Justice of the Supreme Court, excluding the public from a hearing to determine the admissibility of certain evidence in the murder trial of defendant Lemuel Smith. Respondent’s closure order was proper for the reasons stated in the opinion of the Appellate Division (92 AD2d 232). Moreover, the trial court properly considered the interests of the jurors in reaching his…