PEOPLE v. ABEL


254 A.D.2d 492 (1998)

679 N.Y.S.2d 839

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Jerome Abel, Appellant

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

October 26, 1998


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that improper comments made by the prosecutor during summation constituted reversible error. The defendant's argument is without merit, as the prosecutor's statements did not so prejudice the defendant as to warrant a new trial. Moreover, the trial court made proper curative instructions to the jury as to what was evidence and what was opinion and argument on the part of counsel, and told the jury

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