Ordered that the judgment is modified, on the law, by vacating the conviction of assault in the second degree and the sentence imposed thereon, and dismissing that count of the indictment; as so modified, the judgment is affirmed.
The Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in denying the defendant's request to engage in certain cross-examination of a witness against him (see Delaware v Van Arsdall,
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