People v. Rawls

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (John P. Collins, J.), rendered March 14, 1991, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the first degree, and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to a term of 6 to 12 years, unanimously affirmed.

The complainant’s credibility was placed into issue by the defense summations. In such circumstances, the prosecutor’s response, argued as error on appeal, constituted fair comment (People v Marks, 6 NY2d 67, cert denied 362 US 912).

Contrary to defendant’s additional argument on appeal, the trial court’s charge to the jury clearly…