Legal Opinion
People v. Mitchell
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 18, 1997PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Felice Shea, J.), rendered January 28, 1994, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of 41/2 to 9 years, unanimously affirmed.
The trial court appropriately exercised its discretion in closing the courtroom during the testimony of the undercover officer, based on the officer’s testimony at the Hinton hearing that she was actively engaged in ongoing…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- People v. CruzAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
3Cited by3 opinions
- People v. QuinonesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
- Ayala v. SpeckardCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1997
- Steven Ayala v. Hubert Speckard, Superintendent of Groveland Correctional Facility, Charles Okonkwo v. Peter J. Lacy, Superintendent of Bare Hill Correctional Facility, Howard Pearson v. Charles James, Superintendent of Collins Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1997