PEOPLE v. LADSON


41 A.D.3d 248 (2007)

839 N.Y.S.2d 28

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. LORENZO LADSON, Appellant.

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

Decided June 19, 2007.


The court properly exercised its discretion in denying defendant's untimely mistrial motion made on the basis of the prosecutor's summation. The challenged remarks constituted fair comment on the evidence and were responsive to defense arguments, and the summation did not deprive defendant of a fair trial (see People v D'Alessandro, 184 A.D.2d 114, 118-119 [1992], lv denied 81 N.Y.2d 884 [1993]). The prosecutor did not shift...

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