PEOPLE v. CARUSO


45 N.Y.2d 881 (1978)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Vincent Caruso, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided October 24, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Jeffrey Weisenfeld and Steven M. Jaeger for appellant.

Eugene Gold, District Attorney (Laura A. Brevetti of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and COOKE concur.


MEMORANDUM.

Order of the Appellate Division affirmed. Despite the inexcusable character of the prosecutor's summation in stressing the role of defense counsel, without objective justification, the error does not call for reversal because it was without practical effect. The improprieties are sufficiently detailed in the dissenting opinion at the Appellate Division. A jury would hardly be moved by the rhetorical efforts of...

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