Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1997

People v. Atkins

People v. Atkins
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided January 27, 1997
235 A.D.2d 545; 653 N.Y.S.2d 860; 1997 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 653
People v. Atkins

Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Hall, J.), rendered February 27, 1995, convicting him of murder in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant’s challenge to the prosecutor’s statements during summation is unpreserved for appellate review (see, CPL 470.05 [2]).

The defendant’s sentence was not excessive (see, People v Suitte, 90 AD2d 80). Miller, J. P., Joy, Altman and Goldstein, JJ., concur.

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