People v. Ross

Judgment of the Supreme Court, Bronx County (Gerald Sheindlin, J.), rendered August 16, 1993, convicting defendant, after jury trial, of assault in the first degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to an indeterminate term of imprisonment of from 7½ to 15 years, unanimously affirmed.

A review of the record indicates that Supreme Court did not interfere excessively in the examination of witnesses. Rather, the court appropriately exercised its discretion in making necessary rulings to keep the proceedings within the reason*305able confines of the issues and to encourage clarity…