People v. Reyes

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Goldstein, J.), rendered November 13, 1990, convicting him of burglary in the third degree and petit larceny, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant’s assertions on appeal, the trial court did not improvidently exercise its discretion when rendering its Sandoval ruling (see, People v Pavao, 59 NY2d 282; People v Williams, 56 NY2d 236; People v Sandoval, 34 NY2d 371). The mere similarity between the prior convictions and the crime charged is…