People v. Oliver
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 (Aiello, J.) rendered March 18, 1986, convicting him of manslaughter in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant was convicted of manslaughter in the second degree in the beating death of his five-year-old son. We cannot agree with his claim that the prosecutor’s summation was so inflammatory that he was denied a fair trial. A review of the summation reveals that several of the remarks which the defendant claims to be offensive have not been…
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