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People v. Pruna

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Nov 4, 1991
177 A.D.2d 519 (N.Y. App. Div. 1991)

Opinion

November 4, 1991

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Queens County (Leahy, J.).


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that he was deprived of a fair trial by prosecutorial error on summation. We disagree. The majority of the prosecutor's summation arguments were made in direct response to the summation arguments of defense counsel and constituted fair comment on the evidence (see, People v. Miller, 143 A.D.2d 1055; People v. Torres, 121 A.D.2d 663). Although some of the prosecutor's remarks were better left unsaid, those remarks did not deprive the defendant of a fair trial (see, People v Sutton, 133 A.D.2d 655).

We find the defendant's remaining contention to be without merit. Thompson, J.P., Kunzeman, Eiber and Miller, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Pruna

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Nov 4, 1991
177 A.D.2d 519 (N.Y. App. Div. 1991)
Case details for

People v. Pruna

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. MICHAEL PRUNA…

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

Date published: Nov 4, 1991

Citations

177 A.D.2d 519 (N.Y. App. Div. 1991)
576 N.Y.S.2d 39

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