People v. Padilla

Judgments, Supreme Court, New York County (Lewis Bart Stone, J.), rendered June 28, 2004, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of two counts of assault in the first degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to consecutive terms of 10 years, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly exercised its discretion in precluding defendant from cross-examining a witness about his sealed arrest record. Defendant was unable to establish a good faith basis for questioning the witness since the facts surrounding the arrest were not revealed and it was not even known if they involved any…