PEOPLE v. LAPORTE


306 A.D.2d 93 (2003)

762 N.Y.S.2d 55

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. RONALD LAPORTE, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

Decided June 12, 2003.


We reverse because the prosecutor's remarks during summation so exceeded the limits of permissible comment that defendant was denied a fair trial.

Willie Frison was robbed of $95 and a cell phone in the elevator of his apartment building at 11:55 A.M. on November 2, 1998. Upon returning home from shopping, he noticed that a man he had never seen in the building followed him inside. Frison was not paying particular attention...

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