Opinion
April 14, 1986
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Delaney, J.).
Judgment affirmed.
In this trial concerning a stabbing which occurred in an establishment characterized by defense counsel as a "motorcycle bar", the prosecutor's single question to a defense witness as to her membership in a motorcycle club known as "Satan's Soldiers", although improper (see, People v. Stewart, 92 A.D.2d 226; People v. Gadsden, 80 A.D.2d 508; People v. Torres, 72 A.D.2d 754), did not amount to drastic misconduct (see, People v. Galloway, 54 N.Y.2d 396, 398) and therefore did not substantially prejudice the defendant's trial (see, People v. Galloway, supra). Furthermore, the evidence established the defendant's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
We have considered the defendant's other contentions and find them to be without merit. Lazer, J.P., Niehoff, Kooper and Spatt, JJ., concur.