PEOPLE v. PORTIS


141 A.D.2d 773 (1988)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Waverly Portis, Appellant

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

June 20, 1988


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant's contention that he was deprived of a fair trial by the prosecutor's prejudicial comments made during his summation lacks merit. The defendant failed to object to any portion of the prosecutor's summation, and therefore this contention was not preserved for appellate review (CPL 470.05 [2]). In any event, the record reveals that, for the most part, the prosecutor's summation constituted a fair response to the defense...

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