Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1985

People v. Rodriguez

People v. Rodriguez
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided January 28, 1985
107 A.D.2d 827; 484 N.Y.S.2d 665; 1985 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 42751
People v. Rodriguez

Opinion of the Court

— Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Buschmann, J.), rendered February 5, 1982, convicting him of attempted robbery in the first degree, after a nonjury trial, and imposing sentence.

Judgment affirmed.

Although the prosecutor indulged in some instances of improper conduct, under the circumstances we conclude defendant was not deprived of a fair trial, especially in view of the fact that this was a nonjury case (People v D’Abate, 37 NY2d 922; People v Brown, 24 NY2d 168; People v Lombardi, 76 AD2d 891; cf. People v Zappacosta, 77 AD2d 928). Nor was defendant deprived of the effective assistance of counsel. Accordingly, the judgment is affirmed. O’Connor, J. P., Weinstein, Lawrence and Fiber, JJ., concur.

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