People v. Macon

—Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Robert Cohen, J.), rendered January 8, 1997, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of attempted murder in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of SVs to 25 years, unanimously affirmed.

The prosecutor’s proper cross-examination of defendant concerning his employment, which inquiry resulted in defendant’s unexpected admission of prior drug involvement, was not a violation of the court’s Sandoval ruling.

The court properly exercised its discretion in limiting cross-examination of the complainant by precluding defendant from questioning him…