Legal Opinion
People v. Pankey
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided September 25, 1995PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Robinson, J.), rendered January 6, 1994, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is 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) when the trial court closed the courtroom during the testimony of an undercover police…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- People v. HintonNew York Court of Appeals · 1972
- People v. MartinezNew York Court of Appeals · 1993
- People v. JonesNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
- People v. KanNew York Court of Appeals · 1991
- People v. GreenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- People v. GayleAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
- People v. BoboAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
- People v. JohnsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
- People v. DeJesusAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000