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PEOPLE v. GITTENS

2015-07214. Ind. No. 7330/13.

178 A.D.3d 1070 (2019)

112 N.Y.S.3d 577

2019 NY Slip Op 09284

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Peter Gittens, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department.

Decided December 24, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janet E. Sabel, New York, NY (Robin Richardson of counsel), for appellant.

Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove, Morgan J. Dennehy, and Sullivan & Cromwell LLP [Andrew N. Stahl], of counsel), for respondent.

Balkin, J.P., Cohen, Miller and LaSalle, JJ., concur.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Although a criminal defendant is guaranteed the right to confront adverse witnesses through cross-examination (see US Const 6th Amend; NY Const, art I, § 6), that right is not unfettered (see People v Caballero, 137 A.D.3d 929, 930 [2016]; People v Francisco, 44 A.D.3d 870, 870 [2007]). "The trial court has broad discretion to limit...

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