659 N.Y.S.2d 733 | N.Y. App. Div. | 1997
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Ronald Zweibel, J.), rendered January 13, 1995, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of two counts of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the first
The court properly closed the courtroom to defendant’s family during the testimony of an undercover officer, based on the officer’s testimony at a Hinton hearing establishing particularized reasons for concern that defendant’s relatives posed a threat to his safety by revealing his identity (see, People v Nieves, 232 AD2d 305, lv granted 89 NY2d 987; People v AbdulAziz, 216 AD2d 77, lv denied 86 NY2d 788).
We perceive no abuse of sentencing discretion. Concur— Sullivan, J. P., Rosenberger, Wallach and Andrias, JJ.