People v. Rodriguez
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
— Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Moskowitz, J.), rendered December 10, 1986, convicting him of murder in the second degree (three counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Contrary to the defendant’s contentions, we find that none of the remarks in the prosecutor’s summation deprived the defendant of a fair trial. Where, as here, the defense repeatedly attacked the credibility of the People’s witnesses, the comments made by the prosecutor in his summation cannot be considered unreasonable (see, People…
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