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People v. Church

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Nov 19, 1997
244 A.D.2d 953 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)

Opinion

November 19, 1997

(Appeal from Judgment of Cayuga County Court, Corning, J. — Assault, 2nd Degree.)

Present — Denman, P. J., Hayes, Callahan Fallon, JJ.


Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: We reject the contention of defendant that he was deprived of a fair trial by prosecutorial misconduct. Defendant failed to object to many of the alleged instances of misconduct, thereby failing to preserve those alleged instances for our review ( see, CPL 470.05). County Court sustained those objections that were raised, and defendant did not request curative instructions or move for a mistrial. Thus, "the court `must be deemed to have corrected the error[s] to the defendant's satisfaction'" ( People v. Balkum, 233 A.D.2d 929, 930, lv denied 89 N.Y.2d 939, quoting People v. Williams, 46 N.Y.2d 1070, 1071). In any event, the conduct of the prosecutor, although at times improper, was not so egregious as to deprive defendant of a fair trial ( see, People v. Curley, 159 A.D.2d 969, 970, lv denied 76 N.Y.2d 733; cf., People v. Mott, 94 A.D.2d 415, 419).

Contrary to the contention of defendant in his pro se supplemental brief, the evidence at trial, when viewed in the light most favorable to the People ( see, People v. Williams, 84 N.Y.2d 925, 926), is legally sufficient to support defendant's conviction ( see, People v. Bleakley, 69 N.Y.2d 490, 495). Finally, upon weighing the relative probative force of the conflicting testimony, we conclude that the verdict is not against the weight of the evidence ( see, People v. Bleakley, supra, at 495).


Summaries of

People v. Church

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Nov 19, 1997
244 A.D.2d 953 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)
Case details for

People v. Church

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. HERBERT CHURCH…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department

Date published: Nov 19, 1997

Citations

244 A.D.2d 953 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)
665 N.Y.S.2d 174

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