People v. Sivels

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County (Efman, J.), rendered April 17, 2009, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the *709third degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant’s contention, he was not deprived of a fair trial by the prosecutor’s cross-examination of him. The cross-examination did not constitute badgering (cf. People v Bhupsingh, 297 AD2d 386, 387-388 [2002]), nor did the prosecutor…