People v. Brann

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Harkavy, J.), rendered March 14, 2000, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

*456Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered.

Contrary to the defendant’s contention, the issue of whether the trial court erred in excluding his aunt and her two sons from the courtroom during the testimony of the undercover officer who purchased drugs from…