People v. Butts
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, Kings County (G. Aronin, J.), rendered May 2, 1986, convicting him of attempted murder in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The court properly sustained the prosecutor’s objections to the defense counsel’s remarks during summation. Inflammatory comments and expressions of personal opinion concerning the veracity of witnesses are improper in the summation of either the prosecutor or the defense counsel (People v Mitchell, 114 AD2d 978, 979, lv denied 67 NY2d 654).…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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