Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Anthony Robinson, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1994-04-21
Citations: 203 A.D.2d 165
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Anthony Robinson, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 203
Pages: 165–165

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Anthony Robinson, Appellant.
[610 NYS2d 789]

Opinion:
—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Edwin Torres, J.), rendered February 28, 1991, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of attempted burglary in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a persistent violent felony offender, to a term of 10 years to life, unanimously affirmed.
Defendant's request for new counsel was properly denied for failure to show good cause for a substitution (see, People v Sawyer, 57 NY2d 12, 18-19, cert denied 459 US 1178). Defendant's claim that he was denied a fair trial by the prosecutor's comments during summation vouching for the credibility of the People's witnesses is not preserved for appellate review as a matter of law (see, People v Nuccie, 57 NY2d 818, 819), and, in any event, not persuasive in view of defense summation comments attacking one prosecutor witness for having a motive to lie and accusing the police of having conspired to frame defendant (see, People v Emphram, 179 AD2d 402, 403, lv denied 79 NY2d 947). Concur — Carro, J. P., Kupferman, Asch, Nardelli and Williams, JJ.