Opinion
January 12, 1987
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Queens County (Agresta, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant's claim of error regarding the remarks made by the prosecutor during his summation does not provide a basis for reversal. The remarks were innocuous and, in light of the overwhelming evidence of guilt, harmless in any event (see, People v. Roopchand, 107 A.D.2d 35, affd 65 N.Y.2d 837; People v Galloway, 54 N.Y.2d 396). Moreover, the trial court's charge on the issue of reasonable doubt was proper and, taken as a whole, adequately conveyed the appropriate law to the jury (see, People v. Blackshear, 112 A.D.2d 1044; People v. Harvey, 111 A.D.2d 185). Finally, taking into consideration the vicious nature of the instant crimes, the imposed sentence was neither unduly harsh nor excessive. Mollen, P.J., Brown, Weinstein and Rubin, JJ., concur.