PEOPLE v. WASHPON


134 A.D.2d 384 (1987)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Samuel Washpon, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

November 9, 1987


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

On this appeal, the defendant urges that the trial court erroneously curtailed the cross-examination of the victim. This court has recognized that where the answers sought would tend to establish the untruthfulness of a witness's testimony with respect to the specific event of the crime charged, it is error to curtail that line of questioning (see, e.g., People v Thompson...

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