Legal Opinion
People v. Jones
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 20, 1997PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Judgment, Supreme *291Court, New York County (Mary McGowan Davis, J.), rendered February 21, 1995, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of 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 closed the courtroom during the testimony of the undercover officer, who, at the Hinton hearing, stated that he continued to work in an undercover capacity in the exact area where the defendant was arrested, that he had been threatened by people in that area, and that he feared…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- People v. BleakleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
- People v. MartinezNew York Court of Appeals · 1993
- Steven Ayala v. Hubert Speckard, Superintendent of Groveland Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1996
- People v. NievesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
- People v. RiveraAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
3Cited by3 opinions
- People v. EvansAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
- 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