People v. Jackson

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Alvin Schlesinger, J.), rendered February 17, 1993, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the first degree and robbery in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a persistent violent felony offender, to concurrent terms of 18 years to life and 10 years to life, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

To the extent the prosecutor’s summation comments constituted vouching (see, People v Lovello, 1 NY2d 436, 438-439), the court’s curative instructions, which the jury is presumed to have followed, eliminated any prejudice. Defendant’s…