People v. Gay

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Lentol, J.), rendered December 7, 1977, convicting him of murder in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that he was prejudiced by several comments that were made by the prosecutor during his cross-examination of the defense witnesses and during his summation. The majority of the defendant’s challenges to the remarks in question are unpreserved for appellate review (see, CPL 470.05 [2]). In any event, the challenged remarks were,…