People v. Watson
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Joan Sudolnik, J.), rendered November 4, 1998, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 8 to 16 years, unanimously affirmed.
By failing to make specific objections, or by failing to request further relief after the court took appropriate curative actions, defendant failed to preserve any of his objections to the prosecutor’s summation, and we decline to review them in the interest of justice. We note in this regard that…
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