People v. Dwyer
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County (Jonas, J.), rendered April 30, 1996, convicting him of criminal possession of marihuana in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Contrary to the defendant’s contention, the trial court did not improvidently exercise its discretion by permitting the prosecution to elicit testimony regarding the defendant’s prior conviction for attempted possession of marihuana in the second degree in order to impeach his credibility (see, People v Sandoval, 34 NY2d 371). The…
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