People v. Santiago

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Kron, J.), rendered April 14, 2010, convicting him of rape in the first degree, criminal sexual act in the first degree, and endangering the welfare of a child, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

“A trial court has broad discretion to restrict the scope of voir dire by counsel” (People v Jean, 75 NY2d 744, 745 [1989]; see People v Rodriguez, 240 AD2d 683 [1997]), and “[a] restriction on the time allotted for voir dire is generally permissible where defense counsel is…