Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Aleksander Dikshteyn, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2010-10-19
Citations: 77 A.D.3d 851
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Aleksander Dikshteyn, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 77
Pages: 851–851

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Aleksander Dikshteyn, Appellant.
[908 NYS2d 882]

Opinion:
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Henry, J.), rendered January 4, 2008, convicting him of attempted criminal contempt in the second degree and harassment in the second degree, after a nonjury trial, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
There is no merit to the defendant's contention that he was deprived of his right to present a defense as a result of the Supreme Court's refusal to grant him a further adjournment to secure the continued testimony of a witness. Any evidence that the defendant could have elicited from that witness would have been cumulative of evidence already elicited from three other defense witnesses (see People v Jackson, 41 AD3d 498, 499 [2007]; People v Mertens, 97 AD2d 595, 596 [1983]). Rivera, J.P., Angiolillo, Chambers and Austin, JJ., concur.