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People v. Bright

190 A.D.2d 855 Court N.Y. App. Div. Decision date 1993-02-22 English

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The People of the State of New York Respondent, v William Bright, Appellant.

— Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Marrus, J.), rendered March 6, 1991, convicting him of assault in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The People concede that the prosecutor violated the court’s Sandoval ruling by cross-examining the defendant about the facts underlying a 1980 petit larceny conviction and the sentence he received therefor. However, in light of the overwhelming evidence of his guilt, the error was harmless (see, People v Crimmins, 36 NY2d 230 ). The defendant’s claim that the court erred in permitting additional cross-examination with regard to certain prior bad acts has not been preserved for appellate review (see, CPL 470.05 [5]; People v Fleming, 70 NY2d 947 ; People v Udzinski, 146 AD2d 245 ) and is, in any event, meritless (see, People v McCullough, 141 AD2d 856 ).

We have examined the defendant’s remaining contention and find it to be without merit (cf., People v Lyons, 106 AD2d 471 ). Eiber, J. P., Miller, Copertino and Pizzuto, JJ., concur.

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