People v. King

253 A.D.2d 705, 677 N.Y.S.2d 476, 1998 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 9674

Opinion

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Edwin Torres, J.), rendered January 10, 1995, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the second degree, sexual abuse in the first degree (three counts), criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, and unlawful imprisonment in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a persistent violent felony offender, to four concurrent terms of 25 years to life concurrent with two prison terms of 1 year, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

The challenged portions of the People’s summation were fair comment. The prosecutor was permitted to respond vigorously to defendant’s remarks regarding the complainant’s veracity (People v Galloway, 54 NY2d 396; People v Overlee, 236 AD2d 133, lv denied 91 NY2d 976). Concur — Sullivan, J. P., Nardelli, Mazzarelli, Andrias and Saxe, JJ.