Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Alfredo Colon, Appellant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1991-09-19
Citations: 78 N.Y.2d 998
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Alfredo Colon, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 78
Pages: 998–1000

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Alfredo Colon, Appellant.
Decided September 19, 1991
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Philip L. Weinstein for appellant.
Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney (Susan H. Odessky of counsel), for respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed. The Appellate Division determined that the prosecutor's cross-examination of defense witnesses did not exceed the bounds of discretion and was not error. It also concluded that the prosecutor's summation did not deprive defendant of a fair trial. Finally, it found unpreserved the issue involving a missing witness instruction to the jury. On this record, this Court has no basis as a matter of law on which to disturb the Appellate Division's resolution of the first two claims and cannot review the unpreserved third issue.