People v. Hill

Full title: THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. GREGORY HILL, Appellant

Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

Date published: Jun 2, 1998

251 A.D.2d 4 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)

672 N.Y.S.2d 714

Opinion

June 2, 1998

Appeal from the Supreme Court, New York County (Ronald Zweibel, J.).

The courtroom was properly closed during the undercover detective's testimony (see, People v. Martinez, 82 N.Y.2d 436). The Hinton hearing testimony "established the necessary spatial and temporal relationship among the courthouse, the location of defendant's arrest, and the anticipated geographic location of the undercover officer's future investigative work" (People v. Brown, 214 A.D.2d 438, 439, lv denied 86 N.Y.2d 791).

Concur — Sullivan, J. P., Milonas, Rosenberger, Nardelli and Williams, JJ.