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PEOPLE OF NEW YORK v. VERE TONGE

93 N.Y.2d 838 (1999)

710 N.E.2d 653

688 N.Y.S.2d 88

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. VERE TONGE, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 23, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York City (Benjamin C. Gilbert Bair of counsel), Susan J. Abraham and Richard M. Greenberg for appellant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney of New York County, New York City (Karen Heiss Eisen of counsel), for respondent.

Before: Chief Judge KAYE and Judges BELLACOSA, SMITH, LEVINE, CIPARICK, WESLEY and ROSENBLATT concur.

OPINION OF THE COURT

MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

Defendant's claim that he was deprived of his right to a fair trial because the prosecutor stated in her summation that his conduct fit the "typical behavior of a sex offender" is unpreserved for our review. Defense counsel made only a general objection to the prosecutor's remark at summation; a party's failure to specify the basis for a general objection renders...

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