Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Walter Zivkovich, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1997-03-17
Citations: 237 A.D.2d 473
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Walter Zivkovich, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 237
Pages: 473–473

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Walter Zivkovich, Appellant.
[656 NYS2d 880]

Opinion:
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County (Calabrese, J.), rendered August 21, 1995, convicting him of driving while intoxicated, as a felony, aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the first degree, leaving the scene of an accident without reporting, and operating a motor vehicle with improper plates, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant's contention that the prosecutor's comments on summation deprived him of a fair trial are, in part, unpreserved for appellate review, and, in any event, are without merit (see, CPL 470.05 [2]; People v Dien, 77 NY2d 885, 886; People v Udzinski, 146 AD2d 245, 250). Moreover, the court did not err in giving certain curative instructions to the jury concerning testimony erroneously mentioned by the prosecutor in his summation.
We have reviewed the defendant's remaining contentions, including those raised in his supplemental pro se brief, and find them to be without merit. Bracken, J. P., Copertino, Altman and Krausman, JJ., concur.