People v. Garrick

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Ira Globerman, J.), rendered March 14, 1995, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of assault in the first degree, and sentencing him to a term of 3V2 to IOV2 years, unanimously affirmed.

The prosecutor’s cross-examination of defendant’s character witnesses concerning whether they had heard of the acts of misconduct purportedly committed by defendant while in prison properly tested their credibility and the extent of their knowledge of defendant’s reputation (see, People v Duhaney, 157 AD2d 665, lv denied 75 NY2d 918). Furthermore, the prosecutor…