People v. Ortiz

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Richard Lee Price, J.), rendered April 6, 2006, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of burglary in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a persistent felony offender, to a term of 15 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly exercised its discretion in denying defendant’s mistrial motion based on a portion of the prosecutor’s summation. The court prevented any possible prejudice when it sustained defendant’s objection and provided suitable curative instructions (see e.g. People v Singleton, 270 AD2d 190 [2000], lv denied 95 NY2d 858…