Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Romeo Smith, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2003-03-31
Citations: 303 A.D.2d 771
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Romeo Smith, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 303
Pages: 771–772

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Romeo Smith, Appellant.
[757 NYS2d 444]

Opinion:
—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Chambers, J.), rendered November 9, 2000, convicting him of murder in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Contrary to the defendant's contention, the Supreme Court correctly admitted into evidence, as an excited utterance, the audiotape recording of an anonymous eyewitness's initial 911 telephone call to the police (see People v Brown, 70 NY2d 513 [1987]; People v Edwards, 47 NY2d 493 [1979]; People v Prashad, 297 AD2d 352 [2002]; see also People v Buie, 86 NY2d 501 [1995]).
The defendant's arguments regarding alleged prosecutorial misconduct during summation are largely unpreserved for appellate review (see CPL 470.05 [2]). In any event, the comments alleged to be inflammatory and prejudicial were all either fair comment on the evidence (see People v Ashwal, 39 NY2d 105 [1976]), responsive to arguments and theories presented in the defense counsel's summation (see People v Galloway, 54 NY2d 396 [1981]), or harmless in light of the overwhelming evidence of the defendant's guilt (see People v Crimmins, 36 NY2d 230 [1975]).
The defendant's remaining contentions are without merit. Krausman, J.P., Townes, Crane and Mastro, JJ., concur.