PEOPLE v. SUTHERLAND


280 A.D.2d 622 (2001)

720 N.Y.S.2d 822

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

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

Decided February 20, 2001.


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that the Supreme Court erred in precluding him from testifying about his relationship with the only witness who identified him as the perpetrator. That witness testified on cross-examination that she had argued with the defendant a "long time" ago. The defendant gave similar testimony, but the prosecution objected to the defense counsel's questions regarding the substance of the argument. After an off-the...

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