People v. Neptune

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Harold Silverman, J.), rendered May 24, 1995, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, and sentencing him to a term of IV3 to 4 years, unanimously affirmed.

During defendant’s direct examination of a defense witness, the court properly precluded questions that called for the states of mind of the witness himself and another person, where neither state of mind had any relevance. Defendant’s claim that the court improperly precluded elicitation of a conversation between defendant and the defense…