Opinion
327
February 27, 2003.
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Rena Uviller, J.), rendered March 4, 1998, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of 11 counts of aggravated harassment in the second degree, and sentencing her to consecutive terms of 1 year on each conviction, consolidated by law to two consecutive 1-year terms, unanimously affirmed.
TAMI J. AISENSON, for Respondent.
SUSANNA DE LA PAVA, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before: Nardelli, J.P., Mazzarelli, Sullivan, Lerner, Marlow, JJ.
The trial court properly exercised its discretion in restricting both sides from questioning prospective jurors regarding the facts pertaining to defendant's two prior convictions for crimes similar to those charged herein (People v. Smith, 290 A.D.2d 367, lv denied 97 N.Y.2d 762). The trial court also properly precluded three of defendant's witnesses from testifying since their proposed testimony was cumulative (People v. Arroyo, 77 N.Y.2d 947; People v. Figueroa, 258 A.D.2d 280, lv denied 93 N.Y.2d 970). Defendant's claim that she was prejudiced by the failure to give a limiting instruction regarding her two prior convictions for aggravated harassment is unpreserved (People v. Urbaez, 219 A.D.2d 568,lv denied 87 N.Y.2d 908), and we decline to review it in the interest of justice. Were we to review it, we would find that the error was harmless given the overwhelming evidence of defendant's guilt (People v. Jimenez, 246 A.D.2d 333, 334, lv denied 91 N.Y.2d 942).
THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.