People v. Reynolds

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Curci, J.), rendered October 26, 1988, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

*708Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The trial court did not improvidently exercise its discretion in allowing the People to cross-examine the defendant about three prior theft-related convictions. The defendant’s long criminal record, dating back to 1979, reveals a willingness on his part…