People v. Torres

—Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (John Collins, J.), rendered April 28, 1998, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of attempted murder in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of 10 to 20 years, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly exercised its discretion in restricting defendant’s questioning of prospective jurors about their attitudes towards a psychiatric defense.

Based on the existing record, we find that , defendant was afforded meaningful representation (see, People v Benevento, 91 NY2d 708, 713-714). While some of counsel’s behavior was discourteous, it did not…