People v. Alston
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Felice Shea, J.), rendered May 3, 1996, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to a term of 6 to 12 years, unanimously affirmed.
The challenged portions of the People’s summation do not warrant reversal. The court’s curative action obviated any prejudice arising from the prosecutor’s summation comments.
Defendant failed to create an adequate record regarding the ethnic makeup of the jury panel. This precludes review of his claim, made before the trial court…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Hernandez v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Purkett v. ElemSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- People v. HernandezNew York Court of Appeals · 1990
- People v. MillanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
3Cited by1 opinion
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