People v. Fortt

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Westchester County, rendered June 14, 1972, which convicted him of robbery and unlawful imprisonment, both in the first degree and grand larceny and kidnapping (two counts), both in the second degree. Judgment affirmed. No opinion. Hopkins, Acting P. J., Christ and Brennan, JJ., concur; Martuscello and Shapiro, JJ., dissent and vote to reverse and to grant a new trial with the following memorandum: In our opinion the trial court unduly restricted defense counsel in his cross-examination of the complaining witness who was the only…