People v. Pally
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Pesce, J.), rendered February 19, 1986, convicting him of robbery in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The trial court’s Sandoval ruling, permitting cross-examination of the defendant regarding the underlying facts of a similar crime, did not constitute an abuse of discretion. Trial courts have broad discretion in determining whether the probative value of evidence of other crimes on the issue of the defendant’s credibility outweighs the risk of unfair…
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