People v. Jackson

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Harkavy, J.), rendered June 14, 1993, convicting him of reckless endangerment in the first degree, assault in the second degree, and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

It is well settled that the extent to which the prosecution should be allowed to use prior convictions to impeach the credibility of a defendant is a matter that is generally left to the sound discretion of the trial court (see, People v…