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p. 979The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Kadijah Fields, Appellant. [982 NYS2d 400]
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Lewis, J.), rendered April 18, 2011, convicting her of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree (four counts) and conspiracy in the fourth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered.
For the reasons stated in connection with the appeal of a co-defendant in People v Thomas ( 115 AD3d 995 [2014] [decided herewith]), the judgment of conviction must be reversed, and a new trial ordered.
Since a new trial is being ordered, we note that the defend
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ant’s contention that the Supreme Court’s closure of the courtroom during the testimony of an undercover officer deprived her of her right to a public trial is without merit (see People v Echevarria, 21 NY3d 1 , 19 [2013], cert denied 571 US —, 134 S Ct 823 [2013]; People v Frost, 100 NY2d 129 , 137 [2003]; People v Ramos, 90 NY2d 490 , 494 [1997], cert denied 522 US 1002 [1997]). Furthermore, the defendant’s contentions, raised in point II and point III of her main brief, are without merit. The defendant’s remaining contentions, including those raised in her supplemental brief, are unpreserved for appellate review and, in any event, without merit.
Rivera, J.E, Balkin, Hinds-Radix and Maltese, JJ., concur.
Cases cited
- People v. Thomas 115 AD3d 995 p. 979
- People v. Echevarria 21 NY3d 1 at 19 p. 980
- People v. Frost 100 NY2d 129 at 137 p. 980
- People v. Ramos 90 NY2d 490 at 494 p. 980