PEOPLE v. MARTIN


112 A.D.2d 387 (1985)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Robert Martin, Appellant

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

July 22, 1985


Judgment affirmed.

The sole issue for review on this appeal is whether certain remarks made by the prosecutor in his summation were prejudicial and deprived defendant of a fair trial. Among the objections to the summation is that the prosecutor, in effect, argued that in order to believe defendant, who testified in his own behalf, one would have to believe that the complainants had lied, and also that the arresting officers not only lied, but were also thieves. We...

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