People v. Velasquez
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 (Grajales, J.), rendered December 14, 1992, convicting him of reckless endangerment in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
On appeal, the defendant contends that he was deprived of a fair trial by several allegedly improper remarks made by the prosecutor during summation. For the most part, the challenged remarks constituted a fair response to the defendant’s summation, were within the four corners of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- People v. CrimminsNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- People v. GallowayNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
- People v. AshwalNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
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