People v. Catalanotte

1 Citing brief

  1. The People, Appellant,v.Keith Fagan, Respondent.

    Brief

    Filed September 13, 2016

    at 645 (citing, People v. Hinton, 31 33 N.Y.2d 71 (1972); People v. Hagan, 24 N.Y.2d 395 (1969); People v. Jelke, 308 N.Y. 56 (1954)). Catalonotte’s own conviction was upheld by this Court on direct appeal See id.; citing People v. Catalonotte, 36 N.Y.2d 192 (1975). It was four years later, in People v. Jones, 47 N.Y.2d 409 (1979), that this Court “declared for the first time that the summary closing of a courtroom simply because a witness is an undercover police officer constitutes reversible error.”