PEOPLE v. PAIXAO


23 A.D.3d 677 (2005)

806 N.Y.S.2d 672

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. EDWARD PAIXAO, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

November 28, 2005.


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that the trial court improperly impeded his ability to present his defense by curtailing his cross-examination of prosecution witnesses and limiting his summation. We disagree. The trial court has broad discretion to limit cross-examination when questions are repetitive, irrelevant or only marginally relevant, concern collateral issues, or threaten to mislead...

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