People v. Brady

OPINION OF THE COURT

Rosenblatt, J.

In this appeal, we consider the extent to which a trial court, at a Sandoval hearing, may allow cross-examination of a defendant compatibly with the right against compulsory self-incrimination. Defendant contends that the court should not have permitted the prosecutor to question him about an unrelated crime to which he pleaded guilty but for which he had not yet been sentenced. We hold that the court did not abuse its discretion in allowing cross-examination limited to defendant’s admissions at the guilty plea allocution.

On August 11, 1996, defendant…