People v. Salgado

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Erlbaum, J.), rendered June 5, 2007, convicting him of assault in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The nature and extent of cross-examination is subject to the sound discretion of the trial judge (see People v Schwartzman, 24 NY2d 241, 244 [1969], cert denied 396 US 846 [1969]). Here, contrary to the defendant’s contention, defense counsel’s cross-examination of the complainant was not…