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People v. Rivera

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Jan 23, 1996
223 A.D.2d 445 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)

Opinion

January 23, 1996

Appeal from the Supreme Court, New York County (Carol Berkman, J.).


Defendant's challenges to the prosecutor's summation are all unpreserved and, in any event, without merit. The comment that the police witnesses had no motive to lie was responsive to defense disparagement of police testimony; the comment that the issue of permission was not "contested" was justified by the record; and the comment that defendant and the codefendant had taken different positions on whether the pair had actually entered the building was an accurate reference to an obvious fact.

Concur — Ellerin, J.P., Kupferman, Ross, Williams, and Tom, JJ.


Summaries of

People v. Rivera

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Jan 23, 1996
223 A.D.2d 445 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)
Case details for

People v. Rivera

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. RAMON RIVERA, Appellant

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

Date published: Jan 23, 1996

Citations

223 A.D.2d 445 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)
637 N.Y.S.2d 47

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