Legal Opinion

People v. Clinton

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided March 8, 2004PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (McGann, J.), rendered April 18, 2002, convicting him of burglary in the second degree, resisting arrest, and possession of burglar’s tools, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant’s contentions that the prosecutor misrepresented and distorted the defense, vouched for her own witnesses, and expressed her personal disbelief in the defense during her summation are largely unpreserved for appellate review (see CPL 470.05; People v Halm, 81 NY2d 819 [1993]). In any…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. People v. AshwalNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
  2. People v. HalmNew York Court of Appeals · 1993
  3. People v. RyantAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. People v. RobinsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004

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