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People v. Knight

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Apr 8, 1991
172 A.D.2d 627 (N.Y. App. Div. 1991)

Opinion

April 8, 1991

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Kings County (O'Brien, J.).


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Neither of the instances of alleged prosecutorial misconduct cited by the defendant on appeal drew objections from the defendant's trial counsel, nor did he join in the objections raised by counsel for the codefendant. Accordingly, none of the allegations of error raised by the defendant is preserved for appellate review (see, CPL 470.05; People v. Ford, 66 N.Y.2d 428; People v. Watts, 159 A.D.2d 740). In any event, none of the prosecutor's allegedly improper comments would warrant reversal in the interest of justice as the allegedly objectionable comments constituted fair comment on the evidence (see, People v Koleskor, 131 A.D.2d 879), and appropriate responsive rhetoric intended to rehabilitate the credibility of prosecution witnesses which had been impugned during the summations of both defense attorneys (see, People v. Mason, 170 A.D.2d 464; People v. Kornegay, 164 A.D.2d 868; People v Rawlings, 144 A.D.2d 500; People v. Crawford, 130 A.D.2d 678; see also, People v. Gavins, 118 A.D.2d 582). Mangano, P.J., Lawrence, Rosenblatt and Miller, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Knight

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Apr 8, 1991
172 A.D.2d 627 (N.Y. App. Div. 1991)
Case details for

People v. Knight

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. OTIS KNIGHT, Appellant

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

Date published: Apr 8, 1991

Citations

172 A.D.2d 627 (N.Y. App. Div. 1991)

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