Judgment unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum:
Defendant, a private duty nurse's aide, was convicted of forcibly stealing a diamond ring from a patient at a nursing home where she was working. Supreme Court erred in permitting cross-examination of defendant concerning her prior drug abuse and her admittance to a drug treatment program. While a defendant who chooses to testify at trial may be cross-examined with respect to any immoral, vicious or criminal acts...
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