Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Melvin Smith, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1999-10-19
Citations: 265 A.D.2d 213
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Melvin Smith, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 265
Pages: 213–213

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Melvin Smith, Appellant.
[697 NYS2d 254]

Opinion:
—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Michael Obús, J.), rendered September 16, 1998, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of two counts of robbery in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of 6 years, unanimously affirmed.
The challenged portions of the People's summation were fair response to the summations of defendant and his codefendant (see, People v Overlee, 236 AD2d 133, lv denied 91 NY2d 976), and could not in any event have deprived defendant of a fair trial (see, People v D'Alessandro, 184 AD2d 114, lv denied 81 NY2d 884), particularly in view of the court's instructions to the jury. Concur — Sullivan, J. P., Nardelli, Williams, Mazzarelli and Andrias, JJ.