People v. Mitchell

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Joan Sudolnik, J.), rendered May 10, 1995, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of two counts of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of 6 to 12 years, unanimously affirmed.

*76The totality of the testimony adduced at the Hinton hearing, including continuing connections between the undercover officer and the location of defendant’s arrest, supported the court’s decision to close the courtroom during the testimony of the undercover officer, notwithstanding…