People v. Smith

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Miller, J.), rendered September 24, 1986, convicting him of burglary in the third degree and criminal mischief in the fourth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant challenges the Supreme Court’s Sandoval ruling which permitted cross-examination on various prior petit larceny convictions and a prior robbery conviction. However, it is clear from the record that the court balanced the interests of the prosecution and the rights of the defendant and…