PEOPLE v. ACOSTA


286 A.D.2d 622 (2001)

730 N.Y.S.2d 233

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. EDDIE ACOSTA, Appellant.

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

Decided September 20, 2001.


Defendant's challenges to the court's pre-voir dire description of the alleged facts and to the People's summation are unpreserved and we decline to review them in the interest of justice. Were we to review these claims, we would find that the court's outline of the factual allegations, while exceeding the "brief outline" contemplated by CPL 270.15 (1) (b), did not invite premature analysis of the evidence or otherwise prejudice defendant, and that the challenged portions...

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