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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. OTIS KNIGHT, Appellant.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Neither of the instances of alleged prosecutorial misconduct cited by the defendant on appeal drew objections from the defendant's trial counsel, nor did he join in the objections raised by counsel for the codefendant. Accordingly, none of the allegations of error raised by the defendant is preserved for appellate review (see, CPL 470.05; People v. Ford, 66 N.Y.2d 428; People v. Watts, 159 A.D.2d 740). In any event, none of the prosecutor's allegedly improper comments would warrant reversal in the interest of justice as the allegedly objectionable comments constituted fair comment on the evidence (see, People v Koleskor, 131 A.D.2d 879), and appropriate responsive rhetoric intended to rehabilitate the credibility of prosecution witnesses which had been impugned during the summations of both defense attorneys (see, People v. Mason, 170 A.D.2d 464; People v. Kornegay, 164 A.D.2d 868; People v Rawlings, 144 A.D.2d 500; People v. Crawford, 130 A.D.2d 678; see also, People v. Gavins, 118 A.D.2d 582). Mangano, P.J., Lawrence, Rosenblatt and Miller, JJ., concur.

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PEOPLE v. KNIGHT
(Apr 8, 1991)