People v. Stafford

—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.