People v. Joyner

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Arlene Silverman, J.), rendered February 25, 1998, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of burglary in the first degree (two counts) and attempted robbery in the first degree, and sentencing him to concurrent terms of 10 to 20 years, 10 to 20 years, and 6 to 12 years, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

The court’s Sandoval ruling was a proper exercise of discretion (see, People v Walker, 83 NY2d 455, 459). Defendant’s prior felony conviction, the nature and underlying facts of which were precluded, was not excessively remote given defendant’s…