Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Manuel Garcia, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2000-06-19
Citations: 273 A.D.2d 402
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Manuel Garcia, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 273
Pages: 402–402

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Manuel Garcia, Appellant.
[710 NYS2d 912]

Opinion:
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Martin, J.), rendered June 10, 1997, convicting him of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree (two counts), criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant contends that he was prejudiced by comments made by the prosecutor during his summation. However, the challenged statements were either fair comment on the evidence adduced at trial or fair responses to the defense counsel's summation which accused the three police witnesses of lying (see, People v Anthony, 24 NY2d 696; People v Rosario, 195 AD2d 577; People v Draksin, 145 AD2d 500).
Upon the exercise of our factual review power we are satisfied that the verdict was not against the weight of the evidence (see, CPL 470.15 [5]). O'Brien, J. P., Joy, Luciano and Schmidt, JJ., concur.