People v. Toscano
Opinion of the Court
— Judgment of the Supreme Court, Bronx County (Joseph Mazur, J., at jury trial and sentence), rendered June 11, 1986, which convicted defendant of attempted robbery in the first degree, and two counts of robbery in the second degree, and
Admission of the police officer’s redirect testimony of hearsay statements made by the crime victims,, one of whom did not testify, did not constitute error, since defendant "opened the door” to the line of questioning pursued by the prosecutor. (People v Melendez, 55 NY2d 445 [1982].) The complained-of summation remarks made by the prosecutor were merely a fair response to defense counsel’s summation challenging the credibility of the People’s witnesses. (People v Morgan, 66 NY2d 255 [1985].) Defendant’s remaining argument has been considered and deemed meritless. Concur — Kupferman, J. P., Carro, Asch, Kassal and Rosenberger, JJ.
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