People v. Velez

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Franklin Weissberg, J.), rendered June 18, 1996, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of three counts of perjury in the first degree and sentencing him to concurrent terms of 1 to 3 years, unanimously affirmed. The matter is remanded to Supreme Court, New York County, for further proceedings pursuant to CPL 460.50 (5).

The court properly precluded defendant’s attempt to impeach a witness concerning the witness’s failure, at his own criminal trial, to volunteer testimony on certain subjects that were never brought out on direct or cross-examination…