People v. Mendez

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Goldman, J.), rendered April 6, 1992, convicting him of attempted grand larceny in the third degree (two counts), *591criminal mischief in the third degree (two counts), and possession of burglar’s tools, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant was charged, inter alia, with attempting to steal two automobiles. Prior to the trial, the court ruled that the prosecutor would not be permitted to ask the defendant about the facts underlying six prior felony convictions…