People v. Francis

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Spires, J.), rendered May 27, 1997, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The trial court properly precluded the defendant from using the Grand Jury testimony of the undercover officer to impeach that officer at trial. The Grand Jury minutes demonstrate that the officer was not specifically questioned as to the subject matter that was to be the basis of the impeachment (see, People v…