People v. Black

“A criminal defendant has a fundamental constitutional right to present witnesses in his or her own defense” (People v Pitt, 84 AD3d 1275, 1276 [2011]; see Chambers v Mississippi, 410 US 284, 302 [1973]). “Moreover, ‘[a] [trial] court’s discretion in evidentiary rulings is circumscribed by the rules of evidence and the defendant’s constitutional right to present a defense’ ” (People v Pitt, 84 AD3d at 1276, quoting People v Carroll, 95 *1067NY2d 375, 385 [2000]; see People v Diaz, 85 AD3d 1047, 1050 [2011]; People v Ocampo, 28 AD3d 684, 685 [2006]). However, a defendant’s right to present a…