People v. Richards

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Douglass, J.), rendered April 21, 1987, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree (three counts), criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree (three counts), criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fourth degree, and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The closure of the courtroom was proper since the court determined at a…