People v. Benavides

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County (Hudson, J.), rendered May 14, 2003, convicting him of grand larceny in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant’s contention, raised in his supplemental pro se *594brief, that he was deprived of the right to testify before the grand jury, is unpreserved for appellate review and, in any event, is based on matter dehors the record (see People v Santana, 279 AD2d 641 [2001]).

The defendant contends that during redirect examination of a prosecution…