The court improperly precluded defendant's cross-examination of a police witness about a statement in a felony complaint that had been prepared by the People and signed by the officer, since his in-court testimony flatly contradicted the description given in the complaint. On an analysis of the record, we find the error to be harmless.
The court properly allowed the People to introduce rebuttal evidence, which was not collateral, but which tended to overcome a specific...
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