People v. Reddick

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

Defendant was convicted after trial of burglary, attempted petit larceny, criminal mischief, and possession of burglar’s tools. He contends that the court erred in permitting testimony that the police found jewelry and money in his possession as he left the ransacked apartment and admitting those items in evidence when the People did not claim or prove that the items were stolen. He claims further that the error was exacerbated when the prosecutor, in summation, commented about the items and that these…