New York Court of Appeals, 1999

People v. Tonge

New York Court of Appeals · Decided February 23, 1999

93 N.Y.2d 838; 688 N.Y.S.2d 88; 710 N.E.2d 653; 1999 N.Y. LEXIS 37

Cases that cite this one

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

People v. Adorno (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2022)
McCall v. Capra (District Court, E.D. New York 2015)
People v. McCall (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2011)
Bratcher v. McCray (District Court, W.D. New York 2006)
The Matter of the State of New York v. Dennis K. , The Matter of the State of New York v. Anthony N., The Matter of the State of New York v. Richard TT. (N.Y. 2016)
The People v. Kharye Jarvis (N.Y. 2015)
People v. Rodney (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2012)
People v. Rodney (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2012)
Dunn v. Sears (District Court, S.D. New York 2008)
People v. Taylor (N.Y. 2003)
People v. Overstreet (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2026)
People v. Boone (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2025)
People v. Joseph (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2022)
People v. Holmes (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2022)
People v. Butler (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2021)
People v. Jeremiah (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2021)
People v. Thompson (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2020)
People v. Stone (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2020)
People v. Mills (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2020)
Rios v. The People of The State of New York (District Court, S.D. New York 2020)
People v. Firu (Victor) (Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York 2020)
People v. Williams (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2019)
People v. Sostre (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2019)
People v. Amanturov (Maksat) (Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York 2019)
People v. Simms (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2019)

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Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

Defendant’s claim that he was deprived of his right to a fair trial because the prosecutor stated in her summation that his conduct fit the “typical behavior of a sex offender” is unpreserved for our review. Defense counsel made only a general objection to the prosecutor’s remark at summation; a party’s failure to specify the basis for a general objection renders the *840argument unpreserved for this Court’s review (see, People v Dien, 77 NY2d 885, 886; People v Tevaha, 84 NY2d 879, 881; People v Ford, 69 NY2d 775, 776). Defendant also argues that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel at trial. Defendant asserts that defense counsel failed to object to other improper remarks by the prosecutor during summation. Viewed as a whole, however, defense counsel’s efforts reflect “a reasonable and legitimate strategy under the circumstances and evidence presented” (People v Benevento, 91 NY2d 708, 713).

Chief Judge Kaye and Judges Bellacosa, Smith, Levine, Ciparick, Wesley and Rosenblatt concur.

On review of submissions pursuant to section 500.4 of the Rules of the Court of Appeals (22 NYCRR 500.4), order affirmed in a memorandum.

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