People v. Cortese

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Martin, J.), rendered March 28, 1985, convicting him of arson in the second degree, criminal mischief in the second degree and arson in the fourth degree (two counts), after a nonjury trial, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant’s claim that the court at this nonjury trial improperly denied his application for a Sandoval hearing (People v Sandoval, 34 NY2d 371), ruling instead that he *725should challenge any inquiry into his prior misconduct upon cross-examination by objections…