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People v. Trinidad

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Mar 16, 2004
5 A.D.3d 231 (N.Y. App. Div. 2004)

Opinion

3140.

Decided March 16, 2004.

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Dorothy Cropper, J.), rendered December 3, 2001, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of two counts of robbery in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a persistent felony offender, to concurrent terms of 16 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

Jeffrey W. Davis, for Respondent.

Michael C. Taglieri, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before: Tom, J.P., Andrias, Saxe, Sullivan, JJ.


The People's summation, read as a whole, was generally responsive to defense arguments and did not deprive defendant of a fair trial ( see People v. Overlee, 236 A.D.2d 133, lv denied 91 N.Y.2d 976; People v. D'Alessandro, 184 A.D.2d 114, 118-119, lv denied 81 N.Y.2d 884). While some of the challenged comments would have been better left unsaid, there was no misconduct that was so egregious as to require reversal.

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.


Summaries of

People v. Trinidad

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Mar 16, 2004
5 A.D.3d 231 (N.Y. App. Div. 2004)
Case details for

People v. Trinidad

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. DAVID TRINIDAD…

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

Date published: Mar 16, 2004

Citations

5 A.D.3d 231 (N.Y. App. Div. 2004)
772 N.Y.S.2d 820

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