Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The principal defense offered at trial was that the defendant borrowed rather than stole the complainant's car. The court prohibited the defendant's mother from testifying that there was an emergency at her home. This proffered testimony was collateral since it would not have been probative of whether or not the defendant stole the complainant's vehicle (see, People v. Yazum, 13 N.Y.2d 302, 304, rearg denied 15 N.Y.2d 679; People v. Aulet, 111 A.D.2d 822, 825-826, lv denied 66 N.Y.2d 761; see also, Richardson, Evidence § 147, at 117 [Prince 10th ed]). Eiber, J.P., Kooper, Sullivan and Balletta, JJ., concur.