Legal Opinion
People v. Ortiz
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 12, 1989PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Edward Davidowitz, J., at Mapp/Wade hearing; Joseph Cerbone, J., at Sandoval hearing, jury trial and sentence), rendered April 22, *1981988, which convicted defendant of robbery in the first degree, and sentenced him to an indeterminate term of imprisonment of from 12 V¿ to 25 years, unanimously affirmed.
Although defendant’s prior manslaughter conviction was 16 years old, the Sandoval court did not abuse its discretion in permitting the People to elicit, if defendant took the stand, solely that defendant had been convicted of a felony (People v Ricks,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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