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.