People v. Sample

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Edward J. McLaughlin, J.), rendered May 6, 2005, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of grand larceny in the third degree, and sentenced him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 2¾ to 5½ years, with restitution, including a mandatory surcharge, in the total amount of $45,150, unanimously affirmed.

The portion of the prosecutor’s summation to which defendant objected as “speculation” constituted a fair inference that could be drawn from the record (see e.g. People v Taylor, 249 AD2d 33 [1998]). Defendant’s remaining claims of prosecutorial…