People v. Reddick

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Rooney, J.), rendered May 20, 1998, convicting him of assault in the first degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in ruling that the prosecution could inquire into the facts underlying a charge for criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, which resulted in the defendant’s adjudication as a youthful offender, if the defendant testified. “It is well settled that the prosecution may…