| People v Connors |
| 2007 NY Slip Op 05326 [41 AD3d 218] |
| Decided on June 14, 2007 |
| Appellate Division, First Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports. |
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (John E.H. Stackhouse, J.), rendered September 27, 2002, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol and criminal mischief in the fourth degree, and sentencing him to a term of 5 years' probation with restitution in the amount of $1,471, unanimously affirmed.
Defendant's claims of prosecutorial misconduct in cross-examination and summation are unpreserved, and we decline to review them in the interest of justice. Were we to review these claims, we would find that the questions posed by the prosecutor during the cross-examination of defendant, including asking if the prosecution witnesses were "mistaken" in their recollection of the events, were appropriate in light of defendant's testimony (see People v Overlee, 236 AD2d 133 [1997], lv denied 91 NY2d 976 [1998]). The prosecutor's remarks during summation were fair comment on the evidence, were responsive to defense counsel's summation, and did not serve to shift the burden of proof (id.).
Defendant received effective assistance of counsel under the state and federal standards (see People v Benevento, 91 NY2d 708, 713-714 [1998]; see also Strickland v Washington, 466 US 668 [1984]). Defendant was not prejudiced by his attorney's failure to make various objections.
THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER
OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.
ENTERED: JUNE 14, 2007
CLERK