Opinion
November 3, 2000.
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Mary McGowan Davis, J.), rendered September 2, 1997, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 6 to 12 years, unanimously affirmed.
Hilary Hassler, for respondent.
Jennifer M. Tsai, for defendant-appellant.
Before: Nardelli, J.P., Tom, Lerner, Buckley, Friedman, JJ.
The challenged portions of the People's examination of witnesses and their summation could not have deprived defendant of a fair trial in view of the court's curative actions in each instance as well as the overwhelming evidence of defendant's guilt.
THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.