Case Name: PEOPLE v. BUKOSKI
Court: Michigan Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1971-09-29
Citations: 36 Mich. App. 171
Docket Number: Docket No. 11045
Parties: PEOPLE v. BUKOSKI
Judges: Before: Fitzgerald, P. J., and R. B. Burns and Holbrook, JJ.
Reporter: Michigan appeals reports; cases decided in the Michigan Court of Appeals.
Volume: 36
Pages: 171–172

Head Matter:
PEOPLE v. BUKOSKI
Criminal Law — Prosecutor's Comment — Appeal and Error — Preserving Question.
The failure of defense counsel to object to the prosecutor’s improper statement in closing argument that certain facts were uncontroverted barred appellate review where the error could have been cured by an instruction upon timely objection.
Reference for Points in Headnote
4 Am Jur 2d, Appeal and Error §§ 541, 624 et seq.
Appeal from Huron, Arthur M. Bach, J.
Submitted Division 2 September 7, 1971, at Grand Rapids.
(Docket No. 11045.)
Decided September 29, 1971.
Robert Bukoski, John Bukoski, and Thomas Bukoski were convicted of obstructing a police officer while attempting to perform his duty. Defendants appeal.
Motion to affirm granted.
Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, and Peter B. Gapling, Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.
Marshall L. Wilson, for defendants on appeal.
Before: Fitzgerald, P. J., and R. B. Burns and Holbrook, JJ.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Defendants were jointly tried before a jury and convicted on the charge of obstructing a police officer while attempting to perform his duty. The defendants were sentenced to pay a $100 fine and $50 in court costs. Also, each of the defendants was placed on a one-year term of probation, the first 30 days of that period to be served in the county jail. A timely claim of appeal was filed and by order of the circuit court judge, an appeal bond was granted. The people have filed a motion to affirm the convictions and sentences.
The sole issue raised by the defendants is that the prosecutor committed reversible error when he represented facts contained in his closing argument as being "uncontroverted". This issue is without merit because the defense counsel at no time objected to the statement of the prosecutor. In People v. Humphreys (1970), 24 Mich App 411, 414, 415, we said:
"A conviction will not be reversed, however, if by failing to object, the defendant has allowed the impact of the prosecutor's remarks to go uncountered by an instruction. People v. David Smith (1969), 16 Mich App 198. The defendant will not be heard to complain of an error that could have been cured upon timely objection."
It is clear that the foregoing allegation of error could have been cured by a timely instruction and was not otherwise prejudicial.
The motion to affirm is granted.
MOLA § 750.479 (Stat Ann 1954 Rev § 28.747).