Opinion
March 18, 1991
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Kings County (Fisher, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
We find no merit to the defendant's sole contention on appeal that the prosecutor's summation remarks deprived him of a fair trial. A review of the record indicates that the comments were generally inferable from the evidence, and responsive to portions of the defense counsel's summation. Although certain comments would have been better left unsaid, the trial court's instructions to the jury eliminated any potential prejudice to the defendant (see, People v Melendez, 158 A.D.2d 720, 721; People v Shaw, 150 A.D.2d 626, 626-627). In any event, in view of the overwhelming evidence of the defendant's guilt, the challenged comments, either individually or cumulatively, do not warrant reversal of the conviction (see, People v Melendez, supra; People v Shaw, supra). Kooper, J.P., Lawrence, Harwood and Balletta, JJ., concur.