People v. Lutchmansigh

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Brennan, J.), rendered January 3, 2002, convicting him of assault in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant was convicted of assault in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree. The trial court properly ruled that if the defendant testified that the victim’s injuries were accidental, the People would have been permitted to cross-examine him regarding his…