Legal Opinion
People v. Chislum
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 19, 1997PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: On appeal from a judgment convicting him of two counts of murder in the second degree (Penal Law § 125.25 [1], [3]) and other crimes, defendant contends that he was deprived of a fair trial by prosecutorial misconduct and an erroneous jury charge. Because defendant failed to object to any of the alleged instances of prosecutorial misconduct and to the charge as given, that contention is unpreserved for our review (see, CPL 470.05 [2]). Were we to exercise our power to review the contention as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice (see,…
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