Legal Opinion

People v. Rivera

New York Court of Appeals

Decided March 23, 1989PublishedCited by 41 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

Defendant’s sole argument on appeal is that certain comments made by the prosecutor during summation violated his *942constitutional rights to equal protection and due process. When the comments were made, defendant made only a general objection. Thus, he failed to preserve his present argument for our review (see, People v Ford, 69 NY2d 775, 776). We reject defendant’s contention that the claimed error required no preservation as an error affecting " 'the organization of the court or the mode of proceedings…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Patterson v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  2. People v. PattersonNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
  3. People v. AhmedNew York Court of Appeals · 1985
  4. People v. FordNew York Court of Appeals · 1987

3Cited by41 opinions

  1. People v. UdzinskiAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
  2. People v. HarrisNew York Court of Appeals · 2002
  3. People v. DienNew York Court of Appeals · 1991
  4. People v. GillespieAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
  5. People v. MarganAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990

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