People v. Hazzard

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Koch, J.), rendered August 22, 1989, 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 affirmed.

The defendant contends that he was denied his constitutional right to a public trial when the court sealed the courtroom during the testimony of an undercover police officer. The defendant contends that the testimony of the undercover officer was devoid of any facts which compelled closure. The defendant also contends that…