PEOPLE v. FORTUNE


70 A.D.3d 964 (2010)

893 N.Y.S.2d 880

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. SHOMARI FORTUNE, Appellant.

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

Decided February 16, 2010.


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in precluding the defendant from calling a witness at trial to present certain evidence since the only purpose of the evidence would have been to impeach the credibility of the arresting police officers on a collateral matter (see People v Alvino, 71 N.Y.2d 233, 247-248 [1987]; People...

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