People v. Hampton

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Joan Sudolnik, J.), rendered May 26, 1992, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the first degree and robbery in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of 5 to 10 years, unanimously affirmed.

The denial by defendant’s alibi witness of any knowledge of or involvement in narcotics trafficking in her apartment did not "preclude further inquiry by the prosecutor in a legitimate effort to cause the [witness] to change [her] testimony” since the prosecutor had a good faith basis for the…