Opinion
August 3, 1998
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Kings County (Ferdinand, J.).
Ordered that the judgments are affirmed.
The defendant's challenge to the admission into evidence of three photographs of the victim's wounds is without merit as the photos were probative as to essential elements of the robbery and assault counts, suggesting intent and force ( see, People v. Stevens, 76 N.Y.2d 833; People v. DeBerry, 234 A.D.2d 470). Similarly, the defendant's challenges to the prosecutor's summation are without merit. When the defendant attacked the credibility of the People's witnesses in summation, he opened the door for the prosecutor to rehabilitate the credibility of those witnesses ( see, People v. Salaman, 231 A.D.2d 464; People v. Long, 205 A.D.2d 804; People v. Russo, 201 A.D.2d 512, affd 85 N.Y.2d 872).
The defendant's sentences are not excessive ( see, People v. Suitte, 90 A.D.2d 80).
Bracken, J. P., Thompson, Sullivan and Pizzuto, JJ., concur.