People v. Cook

—Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Kay, J.), rendered September 1, 1982, convicting him of robbery in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Judgment affirmed.

Defendant contends that the trial court erred in permitting the prosecutor to question two alibi witnesses concerning their failure to come forward and give exculpatory information to law enforcement officials. "Cross-examination of a defendant’s alibi witness as to his or her prior silence is generally permissible when done in 'good faith’ because of the 'natural impulse of a…