People v. Ormond

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered February 26, 1979, convicting him of assault in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. Judgment affirmed. The cross-examination of the defendant, during which the prosecutor compelled him to characterize prosecution witnesses as liars, was improper (see People v Mariable, 58 AD2d 877; People v Crossman, 69 AD2d 887), but in light of the overwhelming evidence of defendant’s guilt, we hold that the error was harmless. None of defendant’s…