Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. William Francois, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2001-03-05
Citations: 281 A.D.2d 431
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v William Francois, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 281
Pages: 431–431

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v William Francois, Appellant.
[721 NYS2d 256]

Opinion:
—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Spires, J.), rendered December 22, 1998, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant contends that the prosecutor improperly vouched for the credibility of the People's witnesses and denigrated defense counsel during summation. We disagree. While some of the prosecutor's comments exceeded the bounds of proper advocacy, the summation, as a whole, was not so prejudicial as to warrant reversal, particularly since the court sustained defense counsel's objections and provided curative instructions (see, People v Santiago, 265 AD2d 351; People v Rodriguez, 174 AD2d 763). Friedmann, J. P., Florio, Luciano and Feuerstein, JJ., concur.