People v. Mason

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Pitaro, J.), rendered November 21, 1996, convicting him of attempted robbery in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that the trial court erred in precluding the testimony of a defense witness who would have explained the source of the money on the defendant’s person at the time of his arrest. We disagree. It was the defense counsel who elicited testimony from the arresting officer regarding the money found on the defendant’s person…