PEOPLE v. SPEARS


15 A.D.3d 312 (2005)

790 N.Y.S.2d 106

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. LEON SPEARS, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

February 24, 2005.


The courtroom was properly closed to the general public during the undercover officer's testimony. The People made a sufficiently particularized showing to warrant closure in that the officer expected to resume undercover work in the area of defendant's arrest at the conclusion of her maternity leave, she had open cases, lost subjects and pending trials in connection with her undercover activities, she had seen some of her arrest subjects in the area of the courthouse, and...

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