Campbell v. Sabourin

SUMMARY ORDER

UPON DUE CONSIDERATION, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that the judgment of the district court be and it hereby is REMANDED for further proceedings.

On February 27, 1992, petitioner-appellant Raymond Campbell was arrested in a “buy-and-bust” operation in Queens, New York. He was subsequently charged with selling four vials of crack cocaine to an undercover police officer and, at his trial, prosecutors moved to close the courtroom during the testimony of the undercover officer, Gail D. Hinds. At a hearing to determine whether closure was appropriate, Officer Hinds…