People v. Henderson

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County (Kowtna, J.), rendered June 9, 1997, convicting him of assault in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that the trial court erred in precluding a defense witness from testifying about the victim’s reputation for carrying a weapon. Since the defendant was permitted *455to testify about the victim’s reputation for gun possession in the past, as well as about his prior altercation…