PEOPLE v. RIVERA

2009-10117.

98 A.D.3d 529 (2012)

948 N.Y.S.2d 912

2012 NY Slip Op 5839

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. HECTOR RIVERA, Appellant.

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

Decided August 1, 2012.


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

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 the jury (see Delaware v Van Arsdall, 475 U.S. 673, 679 [1986]; People v Gaviria, 67 A.D.3d 701, 702 [2009]). The trial court did not deny the defendant the right...

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