People v. Diaz

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

The trial court’s refusal to permit defendant to offer certain testimony of a psychologist concerning defendant’s mental condition was a matter within the court’s discretion (see Meiselman v Crown Hgts. Hosp., 285 NY 389, 398-399). Under the circumstances of this case, we cannot say that the court abused that discretion. The witness testified that he possessed a bachelor of arts degree in psychology and that he had some 27 years experience in the area of psychological testing. The trial court found him…