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Title: People v. James Crosby
Author : Supreme Court of New York
Release Date : January 16, 1991
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 58 KB

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DECISION & ORDER Contrary to the defendant's contentions, we do not find that the trial court's limitation of defense counsel's cross-examination of the complaining witness deprived the defendant of a fair trial. It is well established that the scope and extent of cross-examination lies within the sound discretion of the trial court (see, People v Gerace, A.D.2d [2d Dept., Apr. 15, 1991]). Here, there was no significant curtailment of cross-examination. Counsel was permitted to impeach the credibility of the complainant by eliciting inconsistent testimony from another witness, and then utilizing in summation the inconsistency in the witnesses' accounts of events to attack the complainant's credibility. We have reviewed the defendant's remaining contentions and find them to be unpreserved for appellate review or without merit.