PEOPLE v. RIVERA


136 A.D.2d 520 (1988)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Raymond Rivera, Appellant

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

January 28, 1988


Defendant raises only one point on this appeal: that certain remarks by the prosecutor represented an appeal to racial bias and require reversal. The remarks were made during the summations of this very brief trial, at the center of which was the credibility of the complainant's identification of defendant. Alex Irizarry testified that as he stood at the corner of 106th Street and Second Avenue in Manhattan on November 13, 1985, at about 1:00 P.M., he was approached by defendant...

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