PEOPLE v. RIVERA


278 A.D.2d 148 (2000)

719 N.Y.S.2d 7

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. RICARDO RIVERA, Appellant.

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

Decided December 21, 2000.


Defendant's challenges to remarks made by the People during their opening and closing arguments and to the use of the term "crack" by the prosecutor and the People's witnesses during the trial are unpreserved, and we decline to review them in the interest of justice. Were we to review these claims, we would find that the remarks in question were generally fair comment on the evidence, made in response to credibility issues raised by the defense, and that they did not deprive...

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