Legal Opinion
People v. Torres
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 23, 1986PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Sullivan, J.), rendered March 2, 1983, convicting him of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, upon a jury verdict and imposing sentence.
Judgment affirmed.
The defendant seeks a reversal of his conviction on the ground that he was denied a fair trial due to several prejudicial remarks of the prosecutor in his opening statement and summation. We find, however, that while some of the prose*664cutor’s comments warrant criticism, they were not so prejudicial as to cause the trial to be unfair (see, People v…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- People v. GallowayNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
- People v. WilliamsNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- People v. AnthonyNew York Court of Appeals · 1969
- People v. BlackmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
- People v. OakleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
3Cited by37 opinions
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- People v. JonesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
- People v. JonesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
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