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People v. Marmolejos

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Dec 1, 1986
125 A.D.2d 335 (N.Y. App. Div. 1986)

Opinion

December 1, 1986

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Queens County (Cohen, J.).


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant's guilt of the crime of attempted burglary in the second degree was overwhelmingly established by the eyewitness observations of the police officers (see, People v. Contes, 60 N.Y.2d 620). With respect to the prosecutrix's summation, which the defendant claims was improper and prejudicial, no objection was made thereto by defense counsel, and consequently any error of law with respect thereto was not preserved for appellate review (CPL 470.05). In any event, an examination of the record indicates that in the main, the prosecutrix's summation properly responded to defense counsel's summation and, in addition, attempted, within proper bounds, to distinguish between reasonable doubt and unreasonable speculation. To the extent that any part of the prosecutrix's summation can be considered improper, any error in that regard must be considered harmless in view of the overwhelming evidence of guilt.

We have reviewed the defendant's remaining objection regarding the imposition of the mandatory surcharge and find it to be without merit (see, People v. West, 124 Misc.2d 622, 624-625; People v. Perrine, 111 A.D.2d 193). Mangano, J.P., Weinstein, Lawrence and Kooper, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Marmolejos

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Dec 1, 1986
125 A.D.2d 335 (N.Y. App. Div. 1986)
Case details for

People v. Marmolejos

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. EZEQUIEL MARMOLEJOS…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Dec 1, 1986

Citations

125 A.D.2d 335 (N.Y. App. Div. 1986)

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