Legal Opinion

People v. Velasquez

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

Decided October 20, 1998Published

1Opinion of the Court

Judgment, Supreme *133Court, Bronx County (Efrain Alvarado, J.), rendered July 17, 1995, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and sentencing her, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of 7 to 14 years, unanimously modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, to the extent of reducing the sentence to concurrent terms of 5 to 10 years, and otherwise affirmed.

The court properly granted closure of the courtroom during the testimony of…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. People v. RamosNew York Court of Appeals · 1997
  2. People v. De MauroNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
  3. People v. EastmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
  4. People v. WatkinsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995

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