PEOPLE v. MATEO


73 N.Y.2d 928 (1989)

The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v. Manuel Mateo, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 9, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth Holtzman, District Attorney (Peter R. Chatzinoff, Barbara D. Underwood and Nikki Kowalski of counsel), for appellant.

Harold V. Ferguson, Jr., and Philip L. Weinstein for respondent.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges SIMONS, KAYE, ALEXANDER, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA concur.


MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

In this prosecution for assault, possession of a controlled substance and possession of a weapon, the prosecution's key witness — defendant's former girlfriend — on both direct and cross-examination denied ever having used cocaine and denied ever having permitted defendant to bring drugs into her apartment. After she left the stand,...

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