New York Court of Appeals, 1989

People v. Rivera

New York Court of Appeals · Decided March 23, 1989

73 N.Y.2d 941; 540 N.Y.S.2d 233; 537 N.E.2d 618; 1989 N.Y. LEXIS 307

Cases that cite this one

41 later published cases cite this decision. The 25 that cite it most often are listed here.

The People v. Urselina King (N.Y. 2016)
People v. Adorno (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2022)
People v. Jimenez (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2017)
People v. Dunston (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2012)
People v. Dunston (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2012)
People v. Gillespie (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2007)
People v. Farino (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2005)
People v. Davis (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2005)
People v. Bryan (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2003)
People v. Williams (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2003)
People v. Harris (N.Y. 2002)
People v. Davis (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2001)
People v. Dominguez (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2000)
People v. Sticatto (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2000)
People v. Hall (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1999)
People v. Hall (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1999)
People v. Atkinson (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1998)
People v. Christian (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1997)
People v. Sierra (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1995)
People v. Edwards (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1994)
People v. Chavez (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1994)
People v. Flow (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1993)
People v. Tirado (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1993)
People v. Rivera (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1993)
People v. Gray (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1992)

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Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

Defendant’s sole argument on appeal is that certain comments made by the prosecutor during summation violated his *942constitutional rights to equal protection and due process. When the comments were made, defendant made only a general objection. Thus, he failed to preserve his present argument for our review (see, People v Ford, 69 NY2d 775, 776). We reject defendant’s contention that the claimed error required no preservation as an error affecting " 'the organization of the court or the mode of proceedings prescribed by law’ ” (People v Ahmed, 66 NY2d 307, 310, quoting People v Patterson, 39 NY2d 288, 295, affd 432 US 197).

Chief Judge Wachtler and Judges Simons, Kaye, Alexander, Titone, Hancock, Jr., and Bellacosa concur.

Order affirmed in a memorandum.

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