PEOPLE v. PERKINS


175 A.D.2d 615 (1991)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. James H. Perkins, Appellant

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

July 12, 1991


Judgment unanimously affirmed.

Memorandum:

The prosecutor's cross-examination of defendant's alibi witness was proper. The prosecutor was testing the basis for the witness's ability to recall details concerning the night in question and did not imply that the witness had an obligation to report her exculpatory information to the authorities (cf., People v Dawson, 50 N.Y.2d 311). By failing to object to the...

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