People v. Baker

—Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Antonio I. Brandveen, J.), rendered February 27, 1991, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the first degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 8 to 16 years, unanimously affirmed.

"It was not an abuse of discretion for the trial court to rule that evidence of defendant’s height would be limited to permitting defendant to stand for the jury to observe.” (People v Rice, 75 NY2d 929, 932.) Nor was it an abuse of discretion to restrict cross-examination of the arresting officer concerning whether he had…