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People v. Robbins

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
May 5, 1997
239 A.D.2d 526 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)

Opinion

May 5, 1997

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


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant's contention that the court should have instructed the jury that evidence of guilt with regard to one criminal incident could not be considered evidence of guilt as to the other incidents charged in the indictment is not preserved for appellate review ( see, CPL 470.05; see also, People v. Vega, 237 A.D.2d 394; People v. Drake, 204 A.D.2d 479, 480; People v. Davis, 195 A.D.2d 605; People v. Lewis, 175 A.D.2d 885, 886). In any event, as the counts of the indictment were not severable, such a charge would have been improper ( see, CPL 200.20[b]; People v. Lewis, supra, at 886).

The defendant's contention concerning the prosecutor's remarks on summation is unpreserved for appellate review as he failed to object to any of the remarks. In any event, the prosecutor's summation did not deprive the defendant of a fair trial but constituted fair comment on the evidence and on the defense counsel's summation regarding that evidence ( see, People v. Galloway, 54 N.Y.2d 396, 399; People v. Patrona, 232 A.D.2d 432; People v. Simms, 222 A.D.2d 622; People v. Blair, 226 A.D.2d 470; People v. Clark, 222 A.D.2d 446, 447; People v. Harris, 209 A.D.2d 432; People v. Rosario, 195 A.D.2d 577; People v. Miller, 183 A.D.2d 790, 791; People v. Rivera, 158 A.D.2d 723).

O'Brien, J.P., Goldstein, McGinity and Luciano, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Robbins

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
May 5, 1997
239 A.D.2d 526 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)
Case details for

People v. Robbins

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. EBAN ROBBINS, Appellant

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

Date published: May 5, 1997

Citations

239 A.D.2d 526 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)
658 N.Y.S.2d 355

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