People v. Lopez

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (William A. Wetzel, J.), rendered June 23, 2008, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of manslaughter in the first degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 17V2 years, unanimously affirmed.

The court’s Sandoval ruling balanced the appropriate factors and was a proper exercise of discretion (see People v Hayes, 97 NY2d 203 [2002]). The matters permitted were probative of defendant’s credibility and were not unduly prejudicial. We have considered and rejected defendant’s related claims concerning the prosecutor’s…