Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant's contention that he was improperly impeached on a collateral matter when he testified on his own behalf is without merit. The general rule is that a cross-examiner is bound by the answers of a witness to questions concerning collateral matters inquired into solely to affect credibility (see, People v Pavao,
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