Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Carson Francis, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1999-10-04
Citations: 265 A.D.2d 341
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Carson Francis, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 265
Pages: 341–341

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Carson Francis, Appellant.
[696 NYS2d 64]

Opinion:
—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Spires, J.), rendered May 27, 1997, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The trial court properly precluded the defendant from using the Grand Jury testimony of the undercover officer to impeach that officer at trial. The Grand Jury minutes demonstrate that the officer was not specifically questioned as to the subject matter that was to be the basis of the impeachment (see, People v Bornholdt, 33 NY2d 75, 88-89, cert denied sub nom. Victory v New York, 416 US 905; People v Gonzalez, 244 AD2d 422, 423).
The remaining claims of prosecutorial misconduct are unpreserved for appellate review and, in any event, are without merit. Joy, J. P., Krausman, H. Miller and Feuerstein, JJ., concur.