Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Tony Rosario, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2017-04-19
Citations: 149 A.D.3d 982
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Tony Rosario, Appellant.
Judges: Rivera, J.P., Balkin, Barros and Brathwaite Nelson, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 149
Pages: 982–983

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Tony Rosario, Appellant.
[50 NYS3d 307]

Opinion:
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Riviezzo, J.), rendered June 20, 2013, convicting him of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution (see People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620, 621 [1983]), we find that it was legally sufficient to establish the defendant's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Moreover, upon the exercise of our factual review power, we are satisfied that the verdict of guilt was not against the weight of the evidence (see CPL 470.15 [5]; People v Danielson, 9 NY3d 342, 348 [2007]).
The defendant's contentions regarding alleged prosecutorial misconduct during summation are largely unpreserved for appellate review (see CPL 470.05 [2]; People v Dien, 77 NY2d 885, 886 [1991]; People v Nuccie, 57 NY2d 818, 819 [1982]). In any event, to the extent that some remarks may have been improper, they "were not so flagrant or pervasive as to deprive the defendant of a fair trial" (People v Ward, 106 AD3d 842, 843 [2013]; see People v Thompson, 125 AD3d 899, 900 [2015]; People v Philbert, 60 AD3d 698, 699 [2009]; People v Almonte, 23 AD3d 392, 394 [2005]).
Rivera, J.P., Balkin, Barros and Brathwaite Nelson, JJ., concur.