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People v. Park

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Dec 3, 1992
188 A.D.2d 310 (N.Y. App. Div. 1992)

Opinion

December 3, 1992

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Bronx County (Vincent A. Vitale, J.).


Defendant's challenges to various comments made by the prosecutor during summation are unpreserved for review as a matter of law either because defense counsel made only general, unelaborated objections to the comments in a question (People v Balls, 69 N.Y.2d 641), or, where objections were made and sustained, did not request curative instructions (People v Lewis, 175 A.D.2d 885, lv denied 79 N.Y.2d 829). In any event, were we to review in the interest of justice, we would find that the majority of the prosecutor's comments constituted fair comment on the evidence and proper response to arguments made by defense counsel during summation (supra), or that the court's prompt intervention and instructions prevented any prejudice. Any potential prejudice caused by the prosecutor's brief attempt to define circumstantial evidence was dissipated by the prefatory comment that the court would be instructing the jury thereon (People v Hart, 176 A.D.2d 148, 149, lv denied 79 N.Y.2d 827). In addition, when the prosecutor attempted to define intent, the court promptly sustained an objection and directed the prosecutor to "stick to the facts and leave the law to the Court", a point later brought home to the jury when they were instructed to accept the principles of law as stated by the court. We have considered defendant's other claims and find them to be without merit.

Concur — Sullivan, J.P., Milonas, Wallach, Ross and Asch, JJ.


Summaries of

People v. Park

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Dec 3, 1992
188 A.D.2d 310 (N.Y. App. Div. 1992)
Case details for

People v. Park

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. YOUNG PARK, Appellant

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

Date published: Dec 3, 1992

Citations

188 A.D.2d 310 (N.Y. App. Div. 1992)
591 N.Y.S.2d 12

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