People v Rosario
2017 NY Slip Op 03019 [149 AD3d 982]
April 19, 2017
Appellate Division, Second Department
As corrected through Wednesday, May 31, 2017


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 The People of the State of New York,Respondent,
v
Tony Rosario, Appellant.

Seon J. Lee, New York, NY, for appellant.

Eric Gonzalez, Acting District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove, Amy Appelbaum,and Julian Joiris of counsel), for respondent.

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Riviezzo,J.), rendered June 20, 2013, convicting him of criminal possession of a controlled substance inthe third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution (see People vContes, 60 NY2d 620, 621 [1983]), we find that it was legally sufficient to establish thedefendant's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Moreover, upon the exercise of our factual reviewpower, we are satisfied that the verdict of guilt was not against the weight of the evidence(see CPL 470.15 [5]; People vDanielson, 9 NY3d 342, 348 [2007]).

The defendant's contentions regarding alleged prosecutorial misconduct during summationare largely unpreserved for appellate review (see CPL 470.05 [2]; People v Dien,77 NY2d 885, 886 [1991]; People v Nuccie, 57 NY2d 818, 819 [1982]). In any event, tothe extent that some remarks may have been improper, they "were not so flagrant or pervasive asto deprive the defendant of a fair trial" (People v Ward, 106 AD3d 842, 843 [2013]; see People v Thompson, 125 AD3d899, 900 [2015]; People vPhilbert, 60 AD3d 698, 699 [2009]; People v Almonte, 23 AD3d 392, 394 [2005]). Rivera, J.P., Balkin,Barros and Brathwaite Nelson, JJ., concur.


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