People v. Melendez

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Grújales, J.), rendered January 2, 1987, convicting him of robbery in the first degree and attempted robbery in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that the prosecutor’s comment during summation to the effect that "the evidence is uncontested in any relevant way” was an improper reference to his decision not to testify. Since the defendant failed to register an objection at trial to the foregoing remark, his claim is not preserved…