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People v. Torres

214 A.D.2d 691 Court N.Y. App. Div. Decision date 1995-04-17 English

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The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Gillian Torres, Appellant.
[625 NYS2d 933]

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Feinberg, J.), rendered March 22, 1993, convicting him of murder in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that several comments made by the prosecutor at summation deprived him of a fair trial. However, all but one contention is unpreserved for appellate review (see, People v Nuccie, 57 NY2d 818 , 819; People v Giles, 87 AD2d 636 ) and that contention does not warrant reversal because the court struck the challenged comment and gave immediate instructions curing any prejudicial effect that may have resulted therefrom (see, People v Lamour, 203 AD2d 388 , 389; People v Cuevas, 99 AD2d 553 ).

The sentence imposed was not excessive (see, People v Jackson, 208 AD2d 862 ; People v Applegate, 176 AD2d 888 ; People v Henry, 116 AD2d 737 , 738; People v Suitte, 90 AD2d 80 ). Bracken, J. P., Pizzuto, Hart and Krausman, JJ., concur.

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