Legal Opinion

People v. Velasquez

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided June 20, 1994PublishedCited by 2 opinions

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

  1. People v. CrimminsNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
  2. People v. GallowayNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
  3. People v. AshwalNew York Court of Appeals · 1976

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. People v. FergusonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
  2. People v. HowardAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999

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