Case ID: ad2d_228/html/0389-02.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Wayne Johnson, Appellant.
    [644 NYS2d 623]
   The hearing court did not unduly limit defense counsel’s cross-examination of the arresting officer concerning prior unrelated arrests. Inquiry on this issue was only marginally relevant, and the court properly exercised its discretion (see, Delaware v Van Arsdall, 475 US 673, 679). Concur—Milonas, J. P., Ellerin, Kupferman, Tom and Mazzarelli, JJ.