People v. Woods

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Lott, J., at trial; Gerges, J., at sentencing), rendered April 1, 2009, convicting him of aggravated murder, attempted aggravated murder, and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

“If upon cross-examination a witness’ testimony is assailed— either directly or inferentially — as a recent fabrication, the witness may be rehabilitated with prior consistent statements that predated the motive to falsify” (People v…