People v. Cooper

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Frederic Berman, J.), rendered March 8, 1995, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of grand larceny in the fourth degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 2 to 4 years, unanimously affirmed.

The trial court’s initial Sandoval ruling was a proper exercise of discretion, since “defendant’s theft-related convictions were highly relevant to his credibility, notwithstanding any similarity to the present charges * * * and defendant cannot shield himself from impeachment simply because he has specialized in theft-related…