People v. Bonaventure

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Hanophy, J.), rendered February 27, 1995, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant’s contention, his statement on direct examination that he “never sold drugs before”, opened the door to the prosecutor’s inquiry into the facts underlying his prior criminal facilitation conviction (see, People v Rodriguez, 85 NY2d 586; People v Fardan, 82 NY2d 638; People v Gomez, 227 AD2d…