Appeal from a judgment of the Niagara County Court (Peter L. Broderick, Sr., J.), rendered November 10, 2005. The judgment convicted defendant, upon a jury verdict, of bribing a witness (two counts) and tampering with a witness in the third degree.
It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him upon a jury verdict of one count of tampering with a witness in the third degree (Penal Law § 215.11 [1]) and two counts of bribing a witness (§ 215.00 [a], [b]). Contrary to defendant’s contention, County Court properly exercised its discretion in precluding the testimony of a defense witness on a collateral issue (see generally People v Aska, 91 NY2d 979, 981 [1998]). Contrary to defendant’s further contention, the evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to the People (see People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620, 621 [1983]), is legally sufficient to support the conviction of bribing a witness under count six of the indictment (see
