Majority
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Thomas Galligan, J.), rendered September 9, 1993, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the first degree (two counts), robbery in the second degree, assault in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a persistent felony offender, to concurrent terms of 25 years to life on each conviction, unanimously affirmed.
The trial court properly exercised its discretion in restricting defendant’s re-cross-examination of one of the People’s police witnesses since defendant’s examination went beyond the People’s inquiry on redirect (People v Bethune, 105 AD2d 262 , 269, lv denied 64 NY2d 1016 ; see also, Matter ofMorlin R., 236 AD2d 201 ). In any event, defendant was accorded sufficient scope of inquiry concerning the subject in question and the court’s restrictions on re-cross-examination caused no prejudice.
On the existing record, which defendant has not sought to
We conclude that any error in the court’s ruling concerning evidence of a cooperation agreement involving a witness was harmless in view of the overwhelming evidence of guilt (see, People v Steadman, 82 NY2d 1 , 8-9).
Concur — Ellerin, J. P., Nardelli, Wallach, Rubin and Tom, JJ.
Cases cited
- People v. Bethune 105 AD2d 262 at 269 p. 339
- People v. Love 57 NY2d 998 p. 340
- People v. Rivera 71 NY2d 705 at 709 p. 340
- People v. Hobot 84 NY2d 1021 at 1024 p. 340
- People v. Baldi 54 NY2d 137 p. 340
- People v. Steadman 82 NY2d 1 at 8-9 p. 340