People v. Wheatley

Judgments, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Elbert Hinkson, J.), rendered March 21, 1991, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of attempted murder in the second degree and assault in the first degree, and, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him to concurrent terms of 7 to 21 years and 5 to 15 years, and 1 to 3 years, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s claim that the trial court erred in not permitting codefendant’s counsel to cross-examine the victim, an off-duty police officer, about the possible ramifications…