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The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Billy REED, Defendant-Appellant.
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Michael A. Corriero, J.), rendered November 10, 2005, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 3 1/212 years, unanimously affirmed.
Defendant challenges the court's exclusion of his uncle during an undercover officer's testimony. At a Hinton hearing, the People made a proper showing under Waller v. Georgia, 467 U.S. 39, 104 S.Ct. 2210, 81 L.Ed.2d 31 [1984] to justify exclusion of the general public. To the extent that defendant is arguing that a heightened or particularized showing was necessary in order to exclude his uncle (see People v. Nieves, 90 N.Y.2d 426, 660 N.Y.S.2d 858, 683 N.E.2d 764 [1997] ), that claim is unpreserved. Although defendant requested permission for his uncle to attend, he did not make any of the arguments he now raises on appeal. We decline to review this issue in the interest of justice. Were we to review it, we would find that the court made a sufficiently particularized finding to justify the exclusion of defendant's uncle.
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Decided: December 06, 2007
Court: Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, New York.
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