People v. Watson

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Ramirez, J.), rendered June 10, 1983, convicting him of attempted robbery in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Judgment affirmed.

While we condemn the statement made by the prosecutor during summation that: “The [complaining witness] is a Black male. The defendant is a Black male. I submit to you there is no bias or prejudice in this case” (see, People v Green, 89 AD2d 874; People v Hearns, 18 AD2d 922; McFarland v Smith, 611 F2d 414; see…