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People v. Bell

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 2, 1992
181 A.D.2d 685 (N.Y. App. Div. 1992)

Opinion

March 2, 1992

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


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends, inter alia, that the trial court committed reversible error by not granting the defense motion for a mistrial grounded on alleged errors during the prosecutor's summation. We disagree. During her summation, the prosecutor called upon the jury to draw conclusions which were "fairly inferrable from the evidence" (People v Ashwal, 39 N.Y.2d 105, 110).

The defendant also argues that he was denied due process of law when the court denied his request for a mental examination at the time of sentencing. We find no error here, since the record is devoid of evidence of any disturbed behavior on the part of the defendant (see, People v Harris, 109 A.D.2d 351; People v Dockery, 174 A.D.2d 432).

The defendant's sentence was not excessive.

We have examined the defendant's remaining contentions and find them to be without merit. Rosenblatt, J.P., O'Brien, Ritter and Copertino, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Bell

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 2, 1992
181 A.D.2d 685 (N.Y. App. Div. 1992)
Case details for

People v. Bell

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. CURTIS BELL, Appellant

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

Date published: Mar 2, 1992

Citations

181 A.D.2d 685 (N.Y. App. Div. 1992)
580 N.Y.S.2d 471