Opinion
Argued November 17, 2000.
December 19, 2000.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County (Kowtna, J.), rendered June 21, 1999, convicting him of robbery in the first degree, robbery in the second degree, burglary in the first degree, and burglary in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Matthew Muraskin, Hempstead, N.Y. (Kent V. Moston and Christopher M. Cevasco of counsel), for appellant.
Denis Dillon, District Attorney, Mineola, N.Y. (Tammy J. Smiley and Margaret E. Mainusch of counsel), for respondent.
Before: ANITA R. FLORIO, J.P., LEO F. McGINITY, DANIEL F. LUCIANO, SANDRA J. FEUERSTEIN, JJ.
DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.
The court properly precluded the testimony of the defendant's proposed rebuttal witness which was intended to rebut a charge that the testimony of another defense witness was a recent fabrication (see, People v. McDaniel, 81 N.Y.2d 10). The proposed rebuttal witness did not know if the allegedly exculpatory statement was made before a motive to testify falsely existed.
Contrary to the defendant's contention, there was sufficient evidence corroborating the testimony of his accomplice (see, CPL 60.22; People v. Breland, 83 N.Y.2d 286; People v. Bretti, 68 N.Y.2d 929; People v. Reyes, 204 A.D.2d 361). Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution (see, People v. Contes, 60 N.Y.2d 620), we find that it was legally sufficient to establish the defendant's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Moreover, upon the exercise of our factual review power, we are satisfied that the verdict of guilt was not against the weight of the evidence (see, CPL 470.15).
Since the record does not specify the point at which the trial court terminated a readback of testimony requested by the jury, the defendant failed to establish that he was prejudiced by the failure to read all of the testimony (see, People v. Lourido, 70 N.Y.2d 428; People v. Kinchen, 60 N.Y.2d 772; People v. Rivera, 247 A.D.2d 286; People v. Rodriguez, 228 A.D.2d 391; People v. McDermott, 185 A.D.2d 384).
The sentence imposed was not excessive (see, People v. Suitte, 90 A.D.2d 80).
The defendant's remaining contentions are either without merit or do not warrant reversal.