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People v. Crawford

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
May 18, 1987
130 A.D.2d 678 (N.Y. App. Div. 1987)

Opinion

May 18, 1987

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Kings County (Owens, J.).


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant did not object to the comments made by the prosecutor on summation and, therefore, no error of law was preserved for appellate review (see, People v. Nucci, 57 N.Y.2d 818). In any event, the prosecutor's remarks concerning the credibility of his witnesses were a fair response to the defense summation which suggested that the People's witnesses had manufactured their story (see, People v. Oakley, 114 A.D.2d 473; People v. Marks, 6 N.Y.2d 67, cert denied 362 U.S. 912; cf., People v. Stewart, 92 A.D.2d 226, 229, 230-231). Moreover, these remarks were a proper comment since the issue of credibility was central to the trial (see, People v. Ashwal, 39 N.Y.2d 105; People v. Oakley, supra). Bracken, J.P., Niehoff, Kooper and Sullivan, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Crawford

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
May 18, 1987
130 A.D.2d 678 (N.Y. App. Div. 1987)
Case details for

People v. Crawford

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. ANTHONY CRAWFORD…

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

Date published: May 18, 1987

Citations

130 A.D.2d 678 (N.Y. App. Div. 1987)

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