PEOPLE v. ADAMS

4343. 1222/10.

151 A.D.3d 612 (2017)

2017 NY Slip Op 05158

54 N.Y.S.3d 292

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. BRUCE J. ADAMS, Appellant.

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

Decided June 22, 2017.


Defendant's challenge to the admission of hearsay at trial is unpreserved, and we decline to review it in the interest of justice. In any event, given the overwhelming evidence of defendant's guilt, any error in admitting the hearsay statement was harmless (see People v Crimmins, 36 N.Y.2d 230 [1975]).

Defendant was not deprived of a fair trial by a summation comment by the prosecutor that invited the jury to speculate about...

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