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PEOPLE v. GIVENS

132 A.D.2d 567 (1987)

The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v. Thomas Givens, Appellant

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

July 6, 1987

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Cross-examination of a witness with exculpatory information as to his or her prior silence is generally permissible when done in good faith because of the "natural impulse of a person possessing exculpatory information * * * to come forward at the earliest possible moment in order to forestall the mistaken prosecution of a friend or loved one" (People v Dawson, 50 N.Y.2d 311, 318;

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