Legal Opinion
People v. Johnson
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 4, 1995PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Kohn, J.), rendered June 21, 1994, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree under Indictment No. N12526/93, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law and as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and a new trial ordered.
The defendant contends that he was denied his right to a public trial (see, US Const 6th Amend; Civil Rights Law § 12; Judiciary Law § 4; People v Jones, 47 NY2d 409, cert denied 444 US 946) because…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- People v. HintonNew York Court of Appeals · 1972
- People v. JonesNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
- People v. KanNew York Court of Appeals · 1991
- People v. GutierezNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
- People v. PankeyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
3Cited by4 opinions
- Andre Brown v. Robert Kuhlmann, Superintendent of Sullivan Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1998
- People v. BlakeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
- People v. PerezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
- People v. RentasAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998