Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Frank Rodriguez, Also Known as Luis Rodriguez, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1999-10-05
Citations: 265 A.D.2d 152
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Frank Rodriguez, Also Known as Luis Rodriguez, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 265
Pages: 152–153

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Frank Rodriguez, Also Known as Luis Rodriguez, Appellant.
[696 NYS2d 425]

Opinion:
—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Budd Goodman, J.), rendered September 12, 1996, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and convicting him, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of 7V2 to 15 years, unanimously affirmed.
Defendant was not deprived of a fair trial by the challenged portions of the People's summation. The prosecutor's summation was fair as a whole (see, People v D'Alessandro, 184 AD2d 114, 119, lv denied 81 NY2d 884), and the challenged remarks consisted, for the most part, of proper responses to the defense summation (see, People v Torres, 220 AD2d 269, lv denied 87 NY2d 925).
Defendant's challenge to the court's supplemental charge is U,npreserved and we decline to review it in the interest of justice. Were we to review this claim, we would reject it.
We perceive no abuse of sentencing discretion. Concur — Sullivan, J. P., Williams, Wallach, Lerner and Friedman, JJ.