Opinion
March 22, 1993
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (McInerney, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
It is well settled that the trial court has broad discretion in restricting the scope of voir dire by counsel (see, People v Jean, 75 N.Y.2d 744; People v. Boulware, 29 N.Y.2d 135, 140, cert denied 405 U.S. 995). Contrary to the contention of the defendant, the trial court did not improvidently exercise its discretion in permitting the prosecutor to ask a juror a series of questions designed to determine whether he could "sift through" the evidence and assess whether a person was being truthful. Indeed, we conclude that the jury selection process was fair. The defendant has wholly failed to demonstrate that the jurors chosen were anything but impartial (see, People v. Pepper, 59 N.Y.2d 353, 359).
We have considered the defendant's remaining contentions and find them to be either unpreserved for appellate review (see, People v. Udzinski, 146 A.D.2d 245) or devoid of merit (see, People v. Contes, 60 N.Y.2d 620; People v. Garafolo, 44 A.D.2d 86; CPL 470.15). Bracken, J.P., Lawrence, Copertino and Pizzuto, JJ., concur.