People v. Bright

— Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Marrus, J.), rendered March 6, 1991, convicting him of assault in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The People concede that the prosecutor violated the court’s Sandoval ruling by cross-examining the defendant about the facts underlying a 1980 petit larceny conviction and the sentence he received therefor. However, in light of the overwhelming evidence of his guilt, the error was harmless (see, People v Crimmins, 36 NY2d 230). The defendant’s claim that…