| People v Azor |
| 2019 NY Slip Op 03800 [172 AD3d 1087] |
| May 15, 2019 |
| Appellate Division, Second Department |
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| The People of the State of New York,Respondent, v Jean W. Azor, Appellant. |
Paul Skip Laisure, New York, NY (Hannah Zhao of counsel), for appellant.
John M. Ryan, Acting District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (John M. Castellano andJohnnette Traill of counsel), for respondent.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Gene R.Lopez, J.), rendered March 24, 2017, convicting him of criminal possession of stolen property inthe fourth degree and criminal mischief in the fourth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposingsentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant's contention that certain comments made by the prosecutor during summationwere improper and deprived him of a fair trial is unpreserved for appellate review, since thedefendant either failed to object to the remarks he now challenges or made only a generalone-word objection (see CPL 470.05 [2]; People v Bragg, 161 AD3d 998, 998-999 [2018]; People v Martin, 116 AD3d 981,982 [2014]; People v Allen, 114AD3d 958, 959 [2014]). In any event, the defendant's contention is without merit, as thecomments were either fair comment on the evidence and the reasonable inferences to be drawntherefrom, fair response to the defendant's summation, or permissible rhetorical comment (see People v Young, 141 AD3d551, 552 [2016]; People v Martin, 116 AD3d at 982-983; People v Allen,114 AD3d at 959). Rivera, J.P., Chambers, Cohen and Iannacci, JJ., concur.