Legal Opinion

People v. Torres

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

Decided May 1, 1989PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Farlo, J.), rendered March 27, 1987, convicting him of burglary in the second degree and criminal mischief in the fourth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

We find unpersuasive the defendant’s contention that he was denied a fair trial by the prosecutor’s remarks on summation. While some of those remarks would have been better left unsaid (see generally, People v Robinson, 123 AD2d 796), they were not so prejudicial as to warrant reversal, especially when…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. People v. SuitteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
  2. People v. FarrarNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
  3. People v. PedrazaNew York Court of Appeals · 1985
  4. People v. RobinsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
  5. People v. OliverAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. People v. GermanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
  2. People v. BusseyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009

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