Legal Opinion
People v. Ford
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 21, 1997PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Gerald Sheindlin, J.), rendered July 12, 1994, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 5 to 10 years, unanimously affirmed.
The trial court properly closed the courtroom during the undercover officer’s testimony on the basis of his continuing undercover operations in the area of the arrest, and, since defendant’s counsel never suggested any reasonable alternatives to closure, the trial court was not required to consider such…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- People v. MartinezNew York Court of Appeals · 1993
- Steven Ayala v. Hubert Speckard, Superintendent of Groveland Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1996
- People v. LugoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
- People v. BoucheAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
- People v. LynnAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
3Cited by10 opinions
- Thomas Garcia v. Hazel Lewis, Superintendent, Hale Creek Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1999
- Andrew Brown v. Christopher Artuz, SuperintendentCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2002
- People v. HenriquezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
- People v. Hok Ming ChanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
- People v. BassAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
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