Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Enrique Diaz, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1999-10-18
Citations: 265 A.D.2d 489
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Enrique Diaz, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 265
Pages: 489–490

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Enrique Diaz, Appellant.
[696 NYS2d 705]

Opinion:
—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Vaughan, J.), rendered August 1, 1995, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant's contention that the Supreme Court erred in closing the courtroom during the testimony of an undercover police officer is unpreserved for appellate review since the defendant failed to object when the court, following a hearing, granted the People's application for closure (see, People v Hammond, 208 AD2d 559; People v Brown, 178 AD2d 647; People v Hamilton, 173 AD2d 642; People v Watkins, 153 AD2d 767; see also, People v Brown, 188 AD2d 540).
The defendant's sentence was not excessive (see, People v Suitte, 90 AD2d 80). Joy, J. P., Friedmann, Schmidt and Smith, JJ., concur.