People v. Hudson
Opinion of the Court
— Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Lombardo, J.), rendered February 9, 1987, convicting him of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fourth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
At trial, the prosecutor placed the defendant in the position of having to accuse the police witnesses of perjury in order to maintain his innocence. This tactic, while improper (see, e.g., People v Santiago, 78 AD2d 666; People v Perez, 69 AD2d 891), drew no objection from defense counsel and is thus beyond the scope of review as a matter of law (see, CPL 470.05 [2]). Similarly, defense counsel’s unelaborated objection to certain remarks made by the prosecutor during his summation was insufficient to preserve any question of law for appellate
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