PEOPLE v. LEWIS


269 A.D.2d 253 (2000)

702 N.Y.S.2d 827

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. BENJAMIN LEWIS, Appellant.

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

Decided February 17, 2000.


The court properly exercised its discretion in precluding defendant from introducing extrinsic evidence of an alleged prior inconsistent statement by the complainant on a subject that was collateral to the issues presented at trial (see, People v Rodriguez, 161 A.D.2d 255, lv denied 76 N.Y.2d 864). To the extent that defendant is raising a constitutional claim, such claim is unpreserved and we decline to review it in the interest...

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