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PEOPLE v. SAWYER

304 A.D.2d 775 (2003)

757 N.Y.S.2d 766

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. WILLIAM SAWYER, Also Known as JOHN WILLIAMS, Appellant.

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

Decided April 21, 2003.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant's contention, the trial court providently exercised its discretion in limiting his cross-examination of a detective regarding a purported motive to fabricate. While proof tending to establish a motive to fabricate is never collateral and may not be excluded on that ground, such proof may be excluded when it is too remote and speculative (see People v Hoover, 298 A.D.2d 599

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