When defense counsel's cross-examination of the victim created the misleading impression that the victim's prostitution convictions were vacated as a reward for her cooperation with the People, the court properly exercised its discretion in instructing the jury that the convictions were actually vacated pursuant to a statute permitting sex trafficking victims to obtain such relief (see CPL 440.10[1][i]). The cross-examination created the necessity for such a clarifying...
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