Opinion
February 1, 1993
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Kings County (Egitto, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
This case concerns the murder of a young man inside an elevator in a housing project. At trial, the defendant did not refute the details of the crime, but instead argued that he was erroneously identified or intentionally misidentified as the perpetrator.
We find no merit to the defendant's contentions that any remarks by the trial court either denigrated his counsel or suggested a bias. Moreover, the court did not prevent the defendant from fully arguing his case on summation (see, People v Yut Wai Tom, 53 N.Y.2d 44; People v Jamison, 47 N.Y.2d 882; People v DeJesus, 42 N.Y.2d 519; People v Cruz, 144 A.D.2d 478), and did not improperly restrict the scope of his cross-examination of two of the People's witnesses (see, People v Stanard, 42 N.Y.2d 74, cert denied 434 U.S. 986; People v Sorge, 301 N.Y. 198; People v Almeida, 159 A.D.2d 508, 509).
Finally, the sentence was neither harsh nor excessive (see, People v Suitte, 90 A.D.2d 80). Eiber, J.P., O'Brien, Ritter and Copertino, JJ., concur.