People v. Dixon

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Arlene R. Silverman, J.), rendered March 17, 2003, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to a term of 10 years, unanimously affirmed.

The court’s Sandoval ruling balanced the appropriate factors and was a proper exercise of discretion (see People v Hayes, 97 NY2d 203 [2002]; People v Walker, 83 NY2d 455, 458-459 [1994]; People v Pavao, 59 NY2d 282, 292 [1983]). The inquiries at issue tended to show that defendant placed his own interests above those of society…