People v. Singh
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, Queens County (Holder, J.), rendered October 9, 2013, convicting him of aggravated criminal contempt, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Although a closing argument is a basic element of a defense in a criminal trial (see Herring v New York, 422 US 853, 858 [1975]), the trial court may limit summation to matters of evidence properly adduced at the trial (see People v Smith, 16 NY3d 786, 787-788 [2011]; People v Ashwal, 39 NY2d 105, 109 [1976]; People v Romano, 301 AD2d 666, 667 [2003]).…
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