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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. THEODORE SIMPSON, Appellant.

The evidence was legally sufficient to establish defendant's guilt of the crime charged and was not against the weight of the evidence. Three individuals testified to witnessing the actual shooting, two others witnessed the altercation leading up to the incident and defendant confessed to two others after the murder. Although defendant challenges the credibility of these witnesses, issues of credibility were properly presented to the finders of fact, who saw and heard the witnesses ( People v. Gaimari, 176 N.Y. 84, 94). And we see no reason to disturb their determination to accept the testimony of the prosecution witnesses.

By failing to object, or to request any further relief after an objection was sustained, defendant has failed to preserve his contentions with respect to the prosecutor's summation and we decline to review them in the interest of justice. Were we to review such claims, we would find that although the prosecutor should not have made some of the comments about defendant's tattoo or commented on testimony previously stricken from the record, there was no pattern of inflammatory, prejudicial remarks warranting reversal ( see, People v. D'Alessando, 184 A.D.2d 114, lv denied 81 N.Y.2d 884).

Concur — Nardelli, J. P., Mazzarelli, Rubin and Andrias, JJ.

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PEOPLE v. SIMPSON
(Jun 17, 1999)