People v. Scott

The defendant’s contention regarding allegedly improper comments made by the prosecutor during summation is not preserved for appellate review (see CPL 470.05 [2]), as the defendant either failed to object to the challenged comments or made only a general objection (see People v Balls, 69 NY2d 641, 642 [1986]). In any event, the challenged remarks were not improper, since they constituted fair comment on the evidence, were a fair response to the defense summation (see People v Colon, 45 AD3d 776 [2007]; People v Urena, 24 AD3d 693 [2005]), or were harmless, as the evidence of the defendant’s *818g…