People v. Bukovsky

Appeals from two judgments of the County Court of Otsego County (Mogavero, Jr., J.), rendered October 23, 1989 and November 6, 1989, upon verdicts convicting defendants of the crimes of burglary in the third degree and petit larceny.

The sole issue on this appeal is the propriety of County Court’s ruling under People v Sandoval (34 NY2d 371) with respect to the prior convictions of defendant Charles W. Bukovsky (hereinafter defendant). Defendant applied for the ruling orally just before taking the witness stand. The prior convictions sought to be suppressed were a 1976 offense of trespass in…