People v. Herrall

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Dominic Massaro, J.), rendered April 25, 1996, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of SVa to 7 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s cross-examination of the officer opened the door to the challenged redirect examination and a prior statement was properly admitted to rebut defendant’s suggestion of a specific recent fabrication occurring during the trial. In any event, were we to find any error in the receipt of this testimony, we…