People v. Collazo

—Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Harold Silverman, J.), rendered May 30, 1995, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and sentencing him to 1 to 3 years of imprisonment, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s objection to the trial court’s closure of the courtroom during the testimony of the undercover officer is unpreserved because he failed to request or suggest alternatives to closure (People v Badillo, 207 AD2d 742, lv denied 84 NY2d 1009). When, upon completion of the hearing regarding closure, the court asked if counsel…