PEOPLE v. BYERS


254 A.D.2d 494 (1998)

679 N.Y.S.2d 838

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Phillip Byers, Appellant

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

October 26, 1998


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The court properly limited the defendant's cross-examination of the victim concerning her psychiatric history since there was no offer of proof that the victim had such a history, or that such evidence would bear upon her credibility or otherwise be relevant (see, People v Beckett, 186 A.D.2d 209; compare, People v Knowell, 127 A.D.2d 794

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