People v. Mann
Opinion of the Court
Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: We reject defendant’s contention that the trial court improperly precluded him from impeaching a witness by cross-examining her about her allegedly immoral conduct. The questions were properly precluded because they were not designed to impeach her credibility, but to bring out the home background in which the victim was being raised. The questions were thus irrelevant.
We also reject defendant’s contention that the trial court improperly allowed testimony about a prior uncharged crime. The challenged testimony was too vague to be assigned the meaning given to it by defendant. Defendant was tried without a jury, and we may presume that the trial court properly
We have examined defendant’s other contentions and find them to be without merit. (Appeal from Judgment of Erie County Court, Rogowski, J.—Sexual Abuse, 1st Degree.) Present—Denman, J. P., Green, Balio, Lowery and Davis, JJ.
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