After defendant testified that he obtained seven prescriptions for Quaaludes, the following testimony was elicited:
Q. You gave them to other people?
A. Yes.
(9/29/05, 66)
Q. You gave those drugs to other people knowing that it was -
MR. O'CONNOR: He said he gave it to T-- right now.
MS. TROIANI: He said other people. He did say other people.
BY MS. TROIANI:
Q. Knowing that it was illegal?
***MR. O'CONNOR:
Whatever the legality of it is, it will stand. I'm instructing him not to answer. He gave the Quaaludes. If it was illegal, the courts will determine that.
BY MS. TROIANI:
Q. Did you ever get another prescription for Quaaludes from another doctor after that time?
MR. O'CONNOR:
This is in the '70s?
THE WITNESS:
A. No.
BY MS. TROIANI:
Q. Who are the people that you gave the Quaaludes to?
MR. O'CONNOR: Keep it to the Jane Does. I'm not going beyond it. I'm instructing him not to answer it beyond the Jane Does.
(Tr. 9/29/05. 66-68)
BY MS. TROIANI:
Q. When you got the Quaaludes, was it in your mind that you were going to use these Quaaludes for young women that you wanted to have sex with?
A. Yes.
Q. Did you ever give any of those young women the Quaaludes without their knowledge?
MR. O'CONNOR: Object to the question. Restrict it to the Jane Does, would you, please