Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Allen Griffin, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2005-10-11
Citations: 22 A.D.3d 289
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Allen Griffin, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 22
Pages: 289–289

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Allen Griffin, Appellant.
[801 NYS2d 735]

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Edwin Torres, J.), rendered April 16, 2002, 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 9 to 18 years, unanimously reversed, on the law, and the matter remanded for a new trial.
As the People concede, there was no basis for excluding defendant's family from the courtroom during the undercover officers' testimony (see e.g. People v Nieves, 90 NY2d 426 [1997]). It is unnecessary to address defendant's additional contentions, each of which may appropriately be raised before the trial justice upon remand. Concur—Tom, J.P., Marlow, Ellerin, Williams and McGuire, JJ.