Legal Opinion

People v. Colon

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

Decided July 14, 1986PublishedCited by 45 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

— Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Kramer, J.), rendered April 5, 1984, convicting him of burglary in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Judgment affirmed.

The defendant, by objecting to portions of the prosecutrix’s summation during his trial, properly preserved the issue of the propriety of her summation for appellate review (see, CPL 470.05 [2]). Although it is generally impermissible for a prosecutrix to buttress the credibility of the People’s witnesses (People v Blackman, 88 AD2d 620, 621; see also, People v Shanis, 36…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. People v. VictorNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
  2. People v. ShanisNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
  3. People v. BlackmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
  4. People v. RicchiutiAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
  5. People v. BecklesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985

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3Cited by45 opinions

  1. People v. MattocksAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
  2. People v. StreetAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
  3. People v. WhiteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
  4. People v. GreeneAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
  5. People v. JohnsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990

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