People v. Ortiz

Judgment, Su*272preme Court, Bronx County (Harold Silverman, J.), rendered December 13, 1996, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 5 to 10 years, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly exercised its discretion when it precluded defendant from introducing medical records concerning the condition of his jaw. These records contained no information relevant even as to defendant’s ability to speak at the time of his hospitalization, and were completely irrelevant to his…