People v. Aldridge

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Rockland County *546(Meehan, J.), rendered August 29, 1996, convicting him of assault in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The determination as to whether to reopen a case for further testimony rests within the sound discretion of the trial court (see, People v Ventura, 35 NY2d 654; People v Saddler, 219 AD2d 796; People v Fama, 212 AD2d 542). Under the circumstances of this case, it cannot be said that the trial court improvidently exercised its discretion.

To the limited…