People v. Sims

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Roger S. Hayes, J.), rendered July 14, 2005, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of assault in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to concurrent terms of 17 and 15 years, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

The court’s Sandoval ruling permitting inquiry into defendant’s prior weapon possession conviction and its underlying facts balanced the appropriate factors and was a proper exercise of discretion (People v Hayes, 97 NY2d 203 [2002]). The court…