Legal Opinion
People v. Ortiz
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided August 1, 1988PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (O’Dwyer, J.), rendered April 23, 1987, convicting him of burglary in the third degree, grand larceny in the second degree and criminal mischief in the fourth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The trial court’s Sandoval ruling, which permitted the prosecutor to cross-examine the defendant with respect to 8 of 17 prior convictions, was not an improvident exercise of discretion. The previous convictions involving theft demonstrated the defendant’s willingness to…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- People v. SandovalNew York Court of Appeals · 1974
- People v. PavaoNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- People v. ScottAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
- People v. TorresAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
3Cited by9 opinions
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- People v. WoodsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
- People v. BeartheaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
- People v. Henry HightowerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
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