People v. Brown

*923OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

The defendant contends that the Trial Judge did not apply the proper criteria with respect to the prosecutor’s right to cross-examine the defendant concerning his prior criminal record (People v Sandoval, 34 NY2d 371). Specifically, he claims that the court’s use of the phrase "readiness to do it again” indicates that the court was applying a propensity standard as a factor in its considerations. However, reading the court’s remarks as a whole reveals that the proper balancing test was employed, and that the…