People v. Crosby

— Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Heller, J.), rendered March 23, 1989, convicting him of assault in the second degree (two counts) and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant’s contentions, we do not find that the trial court’s limitation of defense counsel’s cross-examination of the complaining witness deprived the defendant of a fair trial. It is well established that the scope and extent of cross-examination lies within the…