People v. Williams
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Collini, J), rendered November 13, 2002, convicting him of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Where, as here, a defendant elects to present evidence of his innocence, his failure to call certain significant witnesses in support of his defense may be brought to the jury’s attention by the prosecutor on summation, provided that the prosecutor’s comments are not made in bad faith and are merely efforts to persuade the jury…
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