People v. Mateo

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Curci, J.), rendered December 19, 1989, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant’s contention, we find that the trial court properly allowed the prosecutor to question the defendant’s witness about the defendant’s character. Although the People may not initially question a witness concerning…