PEOPLE v. VEGA


278 A.D.2d 39 (2000)

717 N.Y.S.2d 160

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. RAYMOND VEGA, Appellant.

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

Decided December 7, 2000.


The court properly exercised its discretion in imposing reasonable limits on defendant's cross-examination of the People's witnesses (see, People v Melcherts, 225 A.D.2d 357, lv denied 88 N.Y.2d 881). Specifically, the court properly precluded defendant from questioning a police witness about details of unrelated arrests made on other occasions (see, People v Johnson, 228 A.D.2d 389

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