People v Walser
2010 NY Slip Op 01828 [71 AD3d 706]
March 2, 2010
Appellate Division, Second Department
As corrected through Wednesday, April 28, 2010


The People of the State of New York,Respondent,
v
David Walser, Appellant.

[*1]Lynn W. L. Fahey, New York, N.Y. (Barry Stendig of counsel), for appellant.

Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove, Solomon Neubort,and Bruce Alderman of counsel), for respondent.

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Konviser,J.), rendered June 20, 2008, convicting him of attempted murder in the second degree, assault inthe first degree, and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict,and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant's claim that some of the prosecutor's comments during summation wereimproper and deprived him of a fair trial is unpreserved for appellate review (see CPL470.05 [2]; People v Valdes, 66AD3d 925 [2009]; People vLino, 65 AD3d 1263 [2009]; People v Rodari, 2 AD3d 756 [2003]). In any event, to the extentthat any of the challenged comments were improper, they were not so egregious as to deprive thedefendant of a fair trial (see People vValerio, 70 AD3d 869 [2010]; People v Franklin, 64 AD3d 614 [2009]).

The defendant's remaining contention is without merit. Mastro, J.P., Angiolillo, Balkin andSgroi, JJ., concur.


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