PEOPLE v. ACEVEDO


156 A.D.2d 569 (1989)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Nelson Acevedo, Appellant

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

December 18, 1989


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

According to the trial testimony, on the evening of October 12, 1986, after the defendant had refused to sell cocaine on credit to the victim, he drew a gun and shot the victim in the head at close range, killing her. On appeal, the defendant contends that the prosecutor denied him his right to a fair trial in his improper direct examination of two of the People's witnesses, as well as during summation. In addition, he argues...

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