People v. Carter

Jul 29, 2015
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Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant‘s contention that certain comments made by the prosecutor during his opening statement and summation were improper and deprived him of ‍‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‍a fair trial is largely unpreserved for appellate review, because he either failed to object, or made only general objections, to most of the challenged remarks (see CPL 470.05 [2]; People v Johnson, 127 AD3d 1234 [2015]; People v Terry, 122 AD3d 882 [2014]; People v Philips, 120 AD3d 1266 [2014]). In any event, the challenged remarks ‍‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‍were fair comment on the evidence and the reasonable inferences to be drawn therefrom (see People v Ramrattan, 126 AD3d 1013 [2015]; People v Williams, 123 AD3d 1152 [2014]; see also People v Vargas, 168 AD2d 317 [1990]), fair response to the defense summation (see People v Johnson, 127 AD3d 1234 [2015]), or do not otherwise require reversal ‍‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‍(see People v Galloway, 54 NY2d 396, 399 [1981]; People v Ashwal, 39 NY2d 105, 109-110 [1976]; People v Rivera, 128 AD3d 857 [2015]; People v Philips, 120 AD3d 1266 [2014]).

Further, defense counsel‘s failure to object, or object specifically, to most of the challenged comments did not deprive the defendant of the effective assistance of counsel (see People ‍‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‍v Williams, 123 AD3d 1152 [2014]; People v Wallace, 123 AD3d 1151 [2014]; People v Ervin, 118 AD3d 910, 912 [2014]). Eng, P.J., Hall, Hinds-Radix and LaSalle, JJ., concur.