People v. Gerace

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Goldstein, J.), rendered May 31, 1988, convicting him of manslaughter in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant’s sole contention on appeal is that he was denied his rights to counsel and confrontation by virtue of the trial court’s ruling regarding the cross-examination of prosecution witnesses. We conclude that while the trial court’s directive was improper, under the circumstances of this case it did not serve to deprive the defendant of his…