Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. John Clifford, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1995-05-16
Citations: 215 A.D.2d 226
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v John Clifford, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 215
Pages: 226–227

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v John Clifford, Appellant.
(May 16, 1995)
[626 NYS2d 444]

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Joan Sudolnik, J.), rendered March 8, 1993, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 4 Vi to 9 years, unanimously affirmed.
Pursuant to People v Martinez (82 NY2d 436), the court properly closed the courtroom during the undercover officer's testimony since he actively participated in other ongoing undercover operations in the same neighborhood of defendant's arrest, and since the officer reasonably feared exposure of his identity would cause harm or death to him or other officers (see, People v Aguayo, 200 AD2d 541, 542, Iv denied 83 NY2d 963). Concur—Murphy, P. J., Sullivan, Rubin, Asch and Williams, JJ.