PEOPLE v. BURTON


286 A.D.2d 772 (2001)

730 N.Y.S.2d 735

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. CHRISTOPHER BURTON, Appellant.

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

Decided September 24, 2001.


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defense counsel elicited admissions from the prosecution's main witness that he lied to the police in his initial statement, that he lied to the Grand Jury, and that he was a drug dealer. Attempts to further impeach the witness by showing bias or motive to fabricate his story were properly limited by the trial court. Although technically relevant, the issues raised by the proposed line of questioning were too slight, remote...

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