Opinion
2001-03170
Argued February 11, 2003.
March 3, 2003.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Rios, J.), rendered March 22, 2001, convicting him of assault in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Lynn W. L. Fahey, New York, N.Y. (V. Marika Meis and Sarah Berger of counsel), for appellant.
Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Nicoletta J. Caferri, and Kimberley C. Nielsen of counsel), for respondent.
Before: A. GAIL PRUDENTI, P.J., GABRIEL M. KRAUSMAN, GLORIA GOLDSTEIN, ROBERT W. SCHMIDT, JJ.
DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant's contention that the Supreme Court erred in precluding him from introducing extrinsic evidence of the complainant's bias, interest, and hostility is unpreserved for appellate review (see People v. Inniss, 83 N.Y.2d 653; People v. Munoz, 291 A.D.2d 287; People v. Lewis, 167 A.D.2d 303). In any event, the trial court correctly precluded a defense witness from testifying about collateral matters intended merely to impeach the complainant's credibility (see People v. Alvino, 71 N.Y.2d 233; People v. Ferere, 294 A.D.2d 596; People v. Abreu, 278 A.D.2d 424).
PRUDENTI, P.J., KRAUSMAN, GOLDSTEIN and SCHMIDT, JJ., concur.