The court providently exercised its discretion when it precluded defendant from cross-examining the police witnesses about a civil lawsuit he had filed against them after his arrest, in which he claimed that they used excessive force in making the instant arrest. The ruling did not deprive defendant of his right to cross-examine witnesses and present a defense (see Crane v Kentucky,
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