Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Rashid Stafford, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1999-05-13
Citations: 261 A.D.2d 199
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Rashid Stafford, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 261
Pages: 199–199

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Rashid Stafford, Appellant.
[689 NYS2d 393]

Opinion:
—Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Robert Cohen, J.), rendered April 20, 1995, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of murder in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of 15 years to life, unanimously affirmed.
The hearing court properly exercised its discretion in permitting the prosecutor to cross-examine defendant concerning matters not covered in his direct examination, since these subjects were relevant to defendant's credibility as well as other issues raised at the hearing (see, People v Tice, 131 NY 651; People v Uscange, 186 AD2d 22, lv denied 80 NY2d 1030). Concur— Ellerin, P. J., Tom, Lerner, Buckley and Friedman, JJ.