Judgment affirmed.
Since defense counsel extensively cross-examined the sole eyewitness to the murder with respect to his lengthy criminal record and the testimony sought to be elicited bore only upon collateral matters of general credibility, any error which may have been committed by the trial court in refusing to allow further inquiry into the witness' criminal background was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt (see, People v Allen,
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