People v. Ardila

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Cowhey, J.), rendered August 18, 1992, convicting him of driving while intoxicated as a felony, reckless driving, and hazardous crossing of a lane marking, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The exclusion of cross-examination concerning prior convictions is a matter largely resting within the discretion of the trial court (see, People v Sandoval, 34 NY2d 371; People v Mackey, 49 NY2d 274). The trial court in the present case did not improvidently exercise its…