People v. Torres
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, 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…
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- People v. OliverAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
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