People v. Scarpelli

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Westchester County (Cowhey, J.), rendered October 14, 1983, convicting him of burglary in the second degree, grand larceny in the third degree, and criminal mischief in the fourth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant’s claim, the People’s effort to impeach the credibility of his mother, an alibi witness, regarding her failure to come forward to law enforcement officials with the exculpatory information to which she testified at trial was proper. The…