Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Leonard Berrian, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2000-11-02
Citations: 277 A.D.2d 9
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Leonard Berrian, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 277
Pages: 9–9

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Leonard Berrian, Appellant.
[716 NYS2d 294]

Opinion:
—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Mary McGowan Davis, J.), rendered September 2, 1997, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 6 to 12 years, unanimously affirmed.
The challenged portions of the People's examination of witnesses and their summation could not have deprived defendant of a fair trial in view of the court's curative actions in each instance as well as the overwhelming evidence of defendant's guilt. Concur — Nardelli, J. P., Tom, Lerner, Buckley and Friedman, JJ.