People v. Schaefer

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Rena Uviller, J.), rendered March 4, 1998, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of 11 counts of aggravated harassment in the second degree, and sentencing her to consecutive terms of one year on each conviction, consolidated by law to two consecutive one-year terms, unanimously affirmed.

The trial court properly exercised its discretion in restricting both sides from questioning prospective jurors regarding the facts pertaining to defendant’s two prior convictions for crimes similar to those charged herein (People v Smith, 290 AD2d 367 [2002], lv…