People v. Courtney

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Fred W. Eggert, J.), rendered March 7, 1991 *508convicting defendant after a jury trial of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him as a second felony offender to a term of imprisonment of 6 to 12 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant was convicted of the sale of crack cocaine to undercover police officers. Balancing the probative value of evidence of defendant’s prior arson conviction against the potential for undue prejudice the trial court did not abuse its discretion in its Sandoval ruling, allowing an inquiry into…