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PEOPLE v. BUTTS

139 A.D.2d 660 (1988)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Clarence Butts, Appellant

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

April 18, 1988

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The court properly sustained the prosecutor's objections to the defense counsel's remarks during summation. Inflammatory comments and expressions of personal opinion concerning the veracity of witnesses are improper in the summation of either the prosecutor or the defense counsel (People v Mitchell, 114 A.D.2d 978, 979, lv denied 67 N.Y.2d 654). The defense counsel's repeated...

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