People v. Perez
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
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
- People v. HintonNew York Court of Appeals · 1972
- People v. JonesNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
- People v. KanNew York Court of Appeals · 1991
- People v. NievesNew York Court of Appeals · 1997
- People v. GutierezNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
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