People v. Johnston
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
— Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Cowhey, J.), rendered August 8, 1990, convicting him of sodomy in the first degree, sodomy in the third degree, sexual abuse in the first degree (two counts), and sexual abuse in the second degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
It is well settled that the extent to which the prosecution is to be permitted to impeach a defendant’s credibility with prior criminal conduct is a decision best left to the sound discretion of the trial court (see, People…
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