People v. Davis

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Bernard Fried, J., at trial with a jury), rendered June 28, 1989, convicting defendant of attempted robbery in the second degree and sentencing him to an indeterminate term of imprisonment of 3 Vi to 7 years, unanimously affirmed.

The court’s Sandoval compromise, which permitted the prosecution to explore 11 of defendant’s past convictions, was not an abuse of discretion. The trial court’s ruling, suggested by defendant’s request for a compromise, precluded any inquiry into the underlying facts of any of the convictions, and with the exception of one…