The court properly exercised its discretion in denying defendant's belated mistrial motion made after the court had already sustained the only objections made by defendant during the prosecutor's summation. The challenged summation comments generally constituted fair comment on the evidence and appropriate response to the defense summation and did not deprive defendant of a fair trial (see, People v Overlee,
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