PEOPLE v. JOHNSON


7 A.D.3d 395 (2004)

776 N.Y.S.2d 470

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. STANLEY JOHNSON, Appellant.

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

May 18, 2004.


The court properly exercised its discretion in imposing reasonable limits on defendant's cross-examination of a police witness. Defendant received a full opportunity to inquire into all matters relevant to the officer's credibility, including the officer's allegedly improper discharge of his weapon and the ensuing police investigation. The precluded questions were irrelevant, improper in form, or likely to mislead the jury. To the extent that defendant is raising a constitutional...

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