People v. Blakley

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Sherman, J.), rendered February 20, 1991, convicting her 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 court did not deprive the defendant of her right to a public trial when it closed the courtroom during the undercover police officer’s testimony. The court conducted a hearing at which it was revealed that the undercover police officer was still engaged in undercover work in Queens County, that he had cases pending…