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People v. Francis [2d Dept 1999

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Oct 21, 1999
(N.Y. App. Div. Oct. 21, 1999)

Opinion

Submitted June 21, 1999

October 21, 1999

Robert DiDio, Kew Gardens, N.Y., for appellant.

Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Sharon Y. Brodt, and Elizabeth Brownstein-Thomas of counsel), for respondent.

DANIEL W. JOY, J.P., GABRIEL M. KRAUSMAN, HOWARD MILLER, SANDRA J. FEUERSTEIN, JJ.


DECISION ORDER

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Spires, J.), rendered May 27, 1997, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.

The trial court properly precluded the defendant from using the Grand Jury testimony of the undercover officer to impeach that officer at trial. The Grand Jury minutes demonstrate that the officer was not specifically questioned as to the subject matter that was to be the basis of the impeachment (see, People v. Bornholdt, 33 N.Y.2d 75, 88-89 , cert denied sub nom. Victory v. New York, 416 U.S. 905 ; People v. Gonzalez, 244 A.D.2d 422, 423 ).

The remaining claims of prosecutorial misconduct are unpreserved for appellate review and, in any event, are without merit.

JOY, J.P., KRAUSMAN, H. MILLER, and FEUERSTEIN, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Francis [2d Dept 1999

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Oct 21, 1999
(N.Y. App. Div. Oct. 21, 1999)
Case details for

People v. Francis [2d Dept 1999

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE, ETC., respondent, v. CARSON FRANCIS, appellant. (Ind. No…

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

Date published: Oct 21, 1999

Citations

(N.Y. App. Div. Oct. 21, 1999)