Opinion
February 13, 1996
Appeal from the County Court, Suffolk County (Lefkowitz, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant's contention that reversible error took place by virtue of prosecutorial misconduct during cross examination and summation is without merit. Many of the comments now complained of were not the subject of trial objections and, accordingly, the claims relating to those comments are not preserved for appellate review (see, CPL 470.05). In any event, the prosecutor's comments, for the most part, constituted fair responses to defense counsel's direct examination and summation commentary (see, People v. Russo, 201 A.D.2d 512, affd 85 N.Y.2d 872; People v. Sanchez, 197 A.D.2d 548). Further, any error was harmless in light of the overwhelming evidence of the defendant's guilt and the court's subsequent instruction, which served to cure any alleged prejudice (see, People v. Crimmins, 36 N.Y.2d 230, 237).
The sentence was neither harsh nor excessive (see, People v Suitte, 90 A.D.2d 80).
The defendant's remaining contentions, including those contained in his supplemental pro se brief, are either unpreserved for appellate review or without merit. Rosenblatt, J.P., O'Brien, Pizzuto and Goldstein, JJ., concur.