People v. Garcia
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Ellerin, J.
At issue on this appeal is the propriety of the prosecutor’s cross-examination which sought to impeach the defendant with his supposed dishonesty in having entered pleas of not guilty at arraignments in prior cases in which he ultimately pleaded guilty.
At trial, undercover Police Officer Joseph Connors testified to the facts of the "buy and bust” operation that resulted in defendant’s arrest. Officer Connors had approached defendant on East Second Street at 11:00 a.m. on April 3, 1989 and asked for "two”. Defendant told him to put his money away because there…
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