Opinion
Argued March 27, 2001
April 16, 2001
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Knipel, J.), rendered March 30, 1998, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
M. Sue Wycoff, New York, N.Y. (Amy Donner of counsel), for appellant, and appellant pro se.
Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove and Sholom J. Twersky of counsel), for respondent.
Before: CORNELIUS J. O'BRIEN, J.P., DAVID S. RITTER, LEO F. McGINITY, HOWARD MILLER, JJ.
DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.
Contrary to the defendant's contention, the trial court's alternative to closure of the courtroom during the testimony of two undercover officers did not deprive him of his right to a public trial (see, People v. Rodriguez, 258 A.D.2d 483; see also, People v. Ramos, 90 N.Y.2d 490, cert denied sub nom. Ayala v. New York, 522 U.S. 1002).
The sentence imposed was not excessive (see, People v. Suitte, 90 A.D.2d 80).
The defendant's remaining contention raised in his supplemental pro se brief is without merit.
O'BRIEN, J.P., RITTER, McGINITY and H. MILLER, JJ., concur.