Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Jacob Swift, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2000-05-09
Citations: 272 A.D.2d 126
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Jacob Swift, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 272
Pages: 126–126

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Jacob Swift, Appellant.
[708 NYS2d 611]

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Daniel Sullivan, J.), rendered January 3, 1996, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of murder in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of 17 years to life, unanimously affirmed.
Defendant failed to preserve his challenge to the prosecutor's summation comment on defendant's opportunity to tailor his testimony as a result of hearing the other witnesses and we decline to review it in the interest of justice. Were we to review this claim, we would conclude that the decision of the United States Supreme Court in Portuondo v Agard (529 US 61) is dispositive of the issues raised by defendant and that there is no basis upon which to reach a different result as a matter of State constitutional law. Concur — Rosenberger, J. P., Mazzarelli, Ellerin, Rubin and Friedman, JJ.