PEOPLE v. DINKINS


278 A.D.2d 43 (2000)

717 N.Y.S.2d 167

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. MICHAEL DINKINS, 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 limiting questioning of prospective jurors (see, People v Boulware, 29 N.Y.2d 135, cert denied 405 U.S. 995). Since the court itself adequately covered the jurors' obligation to draw no inference from the absence of testimony by a defendant, the court properly limited further inquiry on the same subject (compare, People v Wongshing, 245 A.D.2d 186

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