PEOPLE v. EDWARDS


63 A.D.3d 855 (2009)

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. DONALD EDWARDS, Appellant.

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

Decided June 9, 2009.


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the People's contention, the defendant's argument that the cumulative effects of the prosecutor's improper comments on summation substantially prejudiced his right to a fair trial was preserved for appellate review. However, while some of the prosecutor's comments in his summation somewhat exceeded the bounds of permissible commentary, they were the subject of timely objections by counsel, which were sustained and...

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