Legal Opinion
People v. Cuesta
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 14, 1986PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
— Appeal by the defendant from a *689judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Naro, J.), rendered September 29, 1982, convicting him of criminal possession of stolen property in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Judgment affirmed.
The court did not abuse its discretion in deciding the defendant’s Sandoval motion. The defendant argues that the prosecutor should have been precluded from questioning him as to two 1978 convictions for possession of a weapon. Where, as here, the crime charged and the prior convictions are dissimilar, the risk that the jury will draw an…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- People v. RhodesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
- People v. JonesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
- People v. WilliamsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
3Cited by6 opinions
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- People v. BrownAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
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