People v. Simmons

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (McCann, J.), rendered January 24, 1994, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal facilitation in the fourth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Closure of the courtroom during the testimony of the under*512cover police officers was proper (see, People v Martinez, 82 NY2d 436). In light of the testimony of the officers regarding their continued assignment as undercover officers in the vicinity of the courthouse in…