Opinion
October 3, 2000.
Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Richard Price, J., on speedy trial motion; Harold Silverman, J., at jury trial and sentence), rendered October 15, 1996, convicting defendant of robbery in the first degree, and sentencing him, as a persistent violent felony offender, to a term of 10 years to life, unanimously affirmed.
Allen H. Saperstein, for respondent.
Todd A. Landau, for defendant-appellant.
Before: Sullivan, P.J., Rosenberger, Lerner, Andrias, Friedman, JJ.
The court properly exercised its discretion (see, People v. Melcherts, 225 A.D.2d 357, lv denied 88 N.Y.2d 881) in restricting defense cross-examination into whether police officers attempted to search defendant's apartment after the arrest.
The court properly denied defendant's speedy trial motions. The record does not support his contention that the People's statements of readiness were illusory (see, People v. Acosta, 249 A.D.2d 161, lv denied 92 N.Y.2d 892).
THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.