Legal Opinion

People v. Perez

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided July 27, 1998PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—Appeal by the de*594fendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Fisher, J.), rendered July 30, 1996, 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.

The defendant contends that he was denied his right to a public trial (see, US Const 6th Amend; Civil Rights Law § 12; Judiciary Law § 4; People v Jones, 47 NY2d 409, cert denied 444 US 946) because the Supreme Court excluded his sister from the courtroom during the testimony of an…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. People v. HintonNew York Court of Appeals · 1972
  2. People v. JonesNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
  3. People v. KanNew York Court of Appeals · 1991
  4. People v. NievesNew York Court of Appeals · 1997
  5. People v. GutierezNew York Court of Appeals · 1995

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. People v. RiveraAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
  2. People v. GonzalezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
  3. People v. LeavyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
  4. People v. RiveraAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001

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