Legal Opinion
People v. Roman
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 22, 1995PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Goldstein, J.), rendered September 7, 1993, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered.
We agree with the defendant that the trial court’s closure of the courtroom to the general public during the testimony of Undercover Police Officer No. 2376 was improper. At the Hinton hearing (see, People v Hinton, 31 NY2d 71), the undercover police officer testified that,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- People v. HintonNew York Court of Appeals · 1972
- People v. MartinezNew York Court of Appeals · 1993
- People v. DavisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
3Cited by4 opinions
- Andre Brown v. Robert Kuhlmann, Superintendent of Sullivan Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1998
- People v. LaGuerreAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
- People v. BrowerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
- People v. RomoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003