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People v. Moley

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Dec 3, 1990
168 A.D.2d 462 (N.Y. App. Div. 1990)

Opinion

December 3, 1990

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Kings County (Kooper, J.).


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that the court's instructions to the jury with respect to the elements of the crime of burglary, as the predicate for the felony murder counts, and with respect to the alibi evidence, were erroneous. However, since the defendant raised no objection to the charge as given, his claims of error are not preserved for appellate review (see, CPL 470.05; People v. Thomas, 50 N.Y.2d 467; People v. Malave, 114 A.D.2d 376).

Furthermore, insofar as the defendant now claims that certain testimony was improperly received during the cross-examination of a prosecution witness by the attorney for the codefendant, we note that this testimony was either not objected to, or that where objections were made, they were not sufficiently specific to preserve the errors for appellate review (see, People v. Oliver, 63 N.Y.2d 973; People v. Love, 57 N.Y.2d 1023; People v. Ortiz, 164 A.D.2d 872).

The defendant's contention that certain remarks made by the prosecutor during summation were prejudicial and deprived him of a fair trial is also unpreserved for appellate review since the defendant failed to register any objections thereto at the time of trial (see, People v. De Gina, 46 A.D.2d 925, affd. 39 N.Y.2d 96).

Moreover, under the circumstances of this case, we decline to reach these issues in the exercise of our interest of justice jurisdiction (see, CPL 470.15). Eiber, J.P., Harwood, Balletta and O'Brien, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Moley

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Dec 3, 1990
168 A.D.2d 462 (N.Y. App. Div. 1990)
Case details for

People v. Moley

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JAMES MOLEY, Appellant

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

Date published: Dec 3, 1990

Citations

168 A.D.2d 462 (N.Y. App. Div. 1990)

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