People v. Gary

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Joan Sudolnik, J.), rendered July 8, 2005, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of six years, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly permitted the prosecutor to impeach defendant by way of statements his attorney made at arraignment (see People v Brown, 98 NY2d 226, 232-233 [2002]; People v Kallamni, 14 AD3d 316 [2005], lv denied 4 NY3d 854 [2005]; People v Moye, 11 AD3d 212 [2004], lv denied 4…