PEOPLE v. RIVERA


292 A.D.2d 249 (2002)

738 N.Y.S.2d 842

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

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

Decided March 19, 2002.


Since defendant's only objection to the prosecutor's summation was addressed to a different comment than those challenged on appeal, defendant's current challenges to the summation and his related arguments are unpreserved and we decline to review them in the interest of justice. Were we to review these claims, we would find that the prosecutor's references to the undercover officer's training were fair comment on evidence in the record (see, People v Overlee,

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