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The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Ramkrishne HARIPERSAUD, appellant.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Rosenzweig, J.), rendered March 17, 2003, convicting him of robbery in the second degree and criminal possession of stolen property in the fifth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant's challenges to various questions posed by the prosecutor during direct and cross-examination, as well as comments made during summation, are unpreserved for appellate review. In the few instances when the defendant did object, he either made only general objections or failed to request a curative instruction when an objection was sustained (see CPL 470.05[2]; People v. Harripersaud, 4 A.D.3d 375, 771 N.Y.S.2d 184; People v. Smith, 298 A.D.2d 607, 748 N.Y.S.2d 694; People v. Udzinski, 146 A.D.2d 245, 541 N.Y.S.2d 9). In any event, his contentions are without merit (see People v. Soler, 294 A.D.2d 286, 741 N.Y.S.2d 880; People v. Rodriguez, 284 A.D.2d 952, 728 N.Y.S.2d 597; People v. Yang Hao Lu, 273 A.D.2d 329, 710 N.Y.S.2d 544; People v. Attiya, 126 A.D.2d 733, 734, 511 N.Y.S.2d 134; see also People v. Dawson, 50 N.Y.2d 311, 321, 428 N.Y.S.2d 914, 406 N.E.2d 771).
Furthermore, on an appeal of a codefendant, this court has already considered an objection to the trial court's limitation of the complainant's cross-examination regarding facts underlying the complainant's youthful offender adjudication and determined that the youthful offender adjudication may not be used to impeach the complainant's credibility (see People v. Harripersaud, supra ).
The defendant's remaining contentions are without merit.
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Decided: December 05, 2005
Court: Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York.
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