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People v. Utley

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Oct 26, 1978
45 N.Y.2d 908 (N.Y. 1978)

Opinion

Argued September 21, 1978

Decided October 26, 1978

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department, JOSEPH J. KUNZEMAN, J.

Andrew C. Fine, Lawrence A. Vogelman and William E. Hellerstein for appellant.

John J. Santucci, District Attorney (Charles Testagrossa, Jr., of counsel), for respondent.


MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

No objection having been taken to the remarks in the prosecutor's summation that have been raised on this appeal, including the comments expressing confidence in the truthfulness of the police officers, they are not preserved for review in this court (CPL 470.05, subd 2). The unanswered question put to the Trial Judge on this subject, without more, is hardly to be construed as a request to charge. Especially is this so because at the conclusion of the charge, which included no such instruction but did correctly enunciate many of the principles that might have aided the jury in judging the truthfulness of any witness' testimony, defense counsel specifically informed the Trial Judge that he had no requests and no exceptions (see People v Cicchetti, 44 N.Y.2d 803, 805; People v Robinson, 36 N.Y.2d 224, 226, 228).

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and COOKE concur.

Order affirmed in a memorandum.


Summaries of

People v. Utley

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Oct 26, 1978
45 N.Y.2d 908 (N.Y. 1978)
Case details for

People v. Utley

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JAMES UTLEY, Appellant

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Oct 26, 1978

Citations

45 N.Y.2d 908 (N.Y. 1978)
411 N.Y.S.2d 6
383 N.E.2d 558

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