Opinion
November 6, 1995
Appeal from the County Court, Westchester County (West, J.).
Ordered the judgment is affirmed.
The court did not improvidently exercise its discretion in allowing the jury to view the photographic evidence of the shotgun wound to the complainant's leg. The photographs corroborated the trial testimony and were relevant to the issue of whether the defendant attempted to kill the complainant (see, People v Kaiser, 204 A.D.2d 572) and to illustrate the seriousness of the complainant's injuries (see, People v Bell, 63 N.Y.2d 796, 797). The defendant's contention that there was reversible error because three different Judges presided over his case at different times of the proceeding is unpreserved for appellate review (see, CPL 470.05) and, in any event, is without merit. Paragraph (4) of subdivision (d) of 22 NYCRR 200.11 allows the transfer of any action and any matter relating to an action from one Judge to another in accordance with the needs of the court.
The defendant's remaining contention is without merit. Ritter, J.P., Pizzuto, Santucci and Krausman, JJ., concur.