People v. Brown

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Joy, J.), rendered October 13, 1992, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The closure of the courtroom during the undercover officer’s testimony at the pretrial hearing and at trial did not deprive the defendant of due process or his right to a public trial. At…