People v. Johnson

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (McKay, J.), rendered March 29, 2001, convicting him of burglary in the second degree, possession of burglar’s tools, and criminal mischief in the fourth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The prosecutor’s references during the closing statement regarding the indictment did not prejudice the defendant in light of the overwhelming evidence of the defendant’s guilt and the trial court’s instructions to the jury which served to cure any alleged prejudice (see People v…