Opinion
November 15, 1988
Appeal from the Erie County Court, Dillon, J.
Present — Denman, J.P., Boomer, Balio, Lawton and Davis, JJ.
Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: The court did not err in permitting the prosecutor to address leading questions to a witness who was obviously unwilling, reluctant, and hostile (see, Richardson, Evidence § 483 [Prince 10th ed]; People v Sexton, 187 N.Y. 495, 509; Becker v. Koch, 104 N.Y. 394, 401-402). The testimony of that witness, together with all of the other testimony in the case, provided sufficient proof that defendant knowingly and intentionally aided in the purse snatching.