Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Sixto Perez, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2001-01-11
Citations: 279 A.D.2d 291
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Sixto Perez, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 279
Pages: 291–292

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Sixto Perez, Appellant.
[718 NYS2d 835]

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Richard Carruthers, J.), rendered February 8, 1999, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree and resisting arrest, and sentencing him, as second felony offender, to concurrent terms of 6 to 12 years, 6 to 12 years and 1 year, respectively, unanimously affirmed.
The prosecutor's summation was responsive to the defense summation, was fair comment based on the evidence and was within the permissible bounds of rhetorical comment (see, People v Overlee, 236 AD2d 133, lv denied 91 NY2d 976; People v D'Alessandro, 184 AD2d 114, 118-119, lv denied 81 NY2d 884).
We perceive no abuse of discretion in sentencing. Concur— Sullivan, P. J., Nardelli, Williams, Mazzarelli and Saxe, JJ.