Legal Opinion
People v. Reed
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 5, 1986PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
— Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Cohen, J.), rendered September 10, 1984, convicting him of burglary in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Judgment affirmed.
In its Sandoval ruling, the trial court properly balanced the probative value of allowing cross-examination about the defendant’s prior criminal record against its potential prejudicial effect, precluding cross-examination concerning all the items in the defendant’s record except for his conviction for attempted robbery in the second degree. Thus, we find no abuse *553of…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- People v. MayrantAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
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3Cited by3 opinions
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