People v. Pridgen

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Giaccio, J.), rendered March 6, 1989, convicting him of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

*764Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Remarks made by the prosecutor during summation did not deprive the defendant of a fair trial. The remarks were based on reasonable inferences from the evidence and constituted fair comment (see, People v Pugliese, 131 AD2d 789, 790). Additionally, the prosecutor properly attempted to rehabilitate his principal…