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- Title: People State New York v. Kin Kan
- Author : Court of Appeals of New York
- Release Date : January 11, 1991
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 58 KB
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[78 N.Y.2d 54 Page 56] Opinion OF THE COURT This appeal by the People involves gang-related, large-scale drug trafficking in the Chinatown section
of New York City. The case pits defendant Kin Kan's constitutional right to a public trial against the trial court's closure
of the courtroom to all spectators, including her family, over her objection, during the testimony of the key cooperating
witness-accomplice to her crime. The closure as it pertains to Kan, involving the exclusion of her family from the courtroom,
violated her constitutional right to a public trial and, for that reason alone, we affirm the order of the Appellate Division
reversing Kan's conviction and ordering a new trial.