Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v. Cardell Libbett, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1984-09-20
Citations: 63 N.Y.2d 763
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v Cardell Libbett, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 63
Pages: 763–764

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v Cardell Libbett, Respondent.
Decided September 20, 1984
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Richard A. Hennessy, Jr., District Attorney (John A. Orando and Michael P. Marmor of counsel), for appellant.
Ernest A. DelDuchetto for respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The appeal should be dismissed.
Although the Appellate Division order contains a recital stating that the reversal of appellant's conviction was on the law, the record reveals that no proper objections were registered to the prosecution remarks made in closing argument on which reversal was based. Because reversal was in the exercise of discretion rather than on the law, the jurisdictional predicate for review by this court has not been satisfied (CPL 450.90, subd 2; People v Hoke, 62 NY2d 1022; People v Johnson, 47 NY2d 124, 126).
On review of submissions pursuant to section 500.4 of the Rules of the Court of Appeals (22 NYCRR 500.4), appeal dismissed in a memorandum.