People v. Melideo

Memorandum: On this appeal from a judgment of conviction, entered following a jury trial, of robbery in the first degree and assault in the first degree, defendant contends that: (1) the court erred in its Sandoval ruling that if defendant were to take the stand in his own behalf at trial, he *1046could be cross-examined about the fact that he had another indictment pending against him charging him with criminal possession of a forged instrument and grand larceny; (2) the prosecutor improperly showed that defendant had a motive to rob because he was poor; and (3) certain comments made by the…