| People v Brown |
| 2009 NY Slip Op 02375 [60 AD3d 962] |
| March 24, 2009 |
| Appellate Division, Second Department |
| The People of the State of New York,Respondent, v Curtis Brown, Appellant. |
—[*1] Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove and Keith Dolan ofcounsel), for respondent.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Hall, J.),rendered December 18, 2006, as amended January 10, 2007, convicting him of murder in thesecond degree, attempted murder in the second degree, and criminal possession of a weapon inthe second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment, as amended, is affirmed.
The defendant's contention that he was denied a fair trial by comments made by theprosecutor during his cross-examination and the prosecutor's summation is unpreserved forappellate review (see CPL 470.05 [2]; People v Williams, 305 AD2d 703[2003]). In any event, any error was harmless (see People v Crimmins, 36 NY2d 230,242 [1975]; People v Bailey, 272 AD2d 621 [2000]).
The defendant's contention that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel is withoutmerit (see People v Tonge, 93 NY2d 838 [1999]; People v Benevento, 91 NY2d708, 713 [1998]). Rivera, J.P., Florio, Dickerson and Chambers, JJ., concur.