People v. Ortiz

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Barbara Newman, J.), rendered March 29, 2000, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in or near school grounds, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 6½ to 13 years, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly exercised its discretion (see Delaware v Van Arsdall, 475 US 673, 678-679 [1986]) in precluding cross-examination of the undercover officer as to a John Doe name he used in connection with an unrelated drug purchase on the day in question (see People v Gomez, 236 AD2d 268 [1997], lv…