The indictment was jurisdictionally valid, since, in accusing defendant of the crime of "Criminal Contempt in the First Degree," it adopted the title of the statute, thereby incorporating Penal Law § 215.51 (c) and the elements of the crime charged, thus affording defendant fair notice of the charges against him (see, People v Ray,
The court's preclusion of certain testimony allegedly showing bias...
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