PEOPLE v. MESTRES


41 A.D.3d 618 (2007)

838 N.Y.S.2d 164

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. OSCAR MESTRES, Appellant.

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

Decided June 12, 2007.


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

At trial, the defense counsel sought permission to cross-examine the complainant about her alleged offer to pay the sum of $7,000 to the defendant in exchange for his marrying her, so that she could obtain citizenship. According to the defense counsel, because the defendant had rejected this offer, the complainant had a motive to fabricate her testimony. However, contrary to the defendant's contention, the trial court providently...

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