People v. Gonzalez

—Judgment, *279Supreme Court, New York County (Budd Goodman, J., at Hinton hearing; Dorothy Cropper, J., at jury trial and sentence), rendered June 1, 1999, convicting defendant of criminal sale of a controlled substance in or near school grounds, and sentencing him to a term of 6 to 12 years, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly closed the courtroom to the general public during the testimony of the undercover officer, based on evidence that the officer continued to work in the vicinity of defendant’s arrest, particularly on a long-term investigation, that it was likely that the officer would…