People v. Salas

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Wade, J.), rendered September 21, 1998, convicting him of attempted murder in the second degree and attempted assault in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant’s contention, the Supreme Court properly precluded him from attempting to establish that the complaining witnesses were fabricating their testimony because of a pre-existing hostility towards him. The defense counsel was permitted to cross-examine those witnesses about…