Defendant failed to object to the summation comments of the prosecutor that he now claims were improper and prejudicial, and thus failed to preserve his claims for appellate review as a matter of law. Were we to review in the interest of justice, we would find that the prosecutor's summation constituted appropriate response to the defense summation, and fair comment on the evidence, presented within the broad bounds of rhetorical comment acceptable in closing argument.
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