Hearsay

People v Laracuente, 21 AD3d 1389 (4th Dept. 2005)

“We reject the further contention of defendant that the court abused its discretion in limiting his cross-examination of the Deputy Medical Examiner (see People v Perez, 299 AD2d 427 , lv denied 99 NY2d 618 ; People v Rodriguez, 184 AD2d 599 , lv denied 80 NY2d 933 ). Indeed, the court properly limited the cross-examination in order to prevent questioning with respect to a text that was not established to be authoritative (see People v Feldman, 299 NY 153, [*2]168 ; Prince, Richardson on Evidence § 7-313 ), and to prevent questioning concerning hearsay information in a report that was not admitted in evidence (see generally People v Jones, 73 NY2d 427, 430 ; People v Kaplan, 167 AD2d 273 , lv denied 77 NY2d 879 ). Furthermore, the court properly limited defendant’s recross-examination of the Deputy Medical Examiner to the scope of the People’s questioning on redirect examination (see e.g. People v Hemphill, 247 AD2d 339 , appeals dismissed 92 NY2d 846 , lv denied 92 NY2d 898 ).”

Use this when the plaintiff attempts to have your expert agree with certain non authorative texts or statements from reports that are not in evidence.

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