Legal Opinion

People v. Ellis

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided February 2, 1998PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Robinson, J.), rendered July 3, 1996, as amended July 10, 1996, convicting him of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment, as amended, is affirmed.

While some of the prosecutor’s comments during summation were better left unsaid, given the Judge’s prompt curative *405instructions and the overwhelming evidence of the defendant’s guilt, they do not warrant reversal (see, People v Galloway, 54 NY2d 396; People v Garrett, 219 AD2d…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. People v. GallowayNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
  2. People v. GarrettAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. People v. SheltonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003

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