People v. Bryant
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 County Court, Westchester County (Cowhey, J.), rendered April 7, 1986, convicting him of burglary in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
We reject the defendant’s claim that he was deprived of a fair trial because of alleged improper and prejudicial comments made by the prosecutor during his summation. Contrary to the defendant’s contention, the prosecutor’s reference to a boy caught with jelly-covered hands to illustrate the concept of circumstantial evidence did not exceed the…
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