Opinion
December 12, 1995
Appeal from the Supreme Court, New York County (Martin Rettinger, J.).
The prosecutor's summation comment that "the defendant has to explain why he doesn't have a receipt" from the parking lot where he parked his car was a proper reference to defendant's testimony purporting to explain his presence at the sale location. Defendant's remaining challenges to the prosecutor's summation are unpreserved as a matter of law, either because he did not object at all, or made only a general objection insufficient to alert the trial court to his appellate claim, or did not object to the curative instructions given when an objection was sustained ( People v Balls, 69 N.Y.2d 641; People v Medina, 53 N.Y.2d 951). We decline to review the comments in question in the interest of justice. If we were to review them, we would find that they were fair response to defendant's summation and, in any event, harmless in view of the overwhelming evidence of defendant's guilt ( People v Davis, 205 A.D.2d 403, 404).
Concur — Ellerin, J.P., Rubin, Nardelli, Williams and Mazzarelli, JJ.